What Does The Mahabharata Have To Be Learnt From?

[ritu 1]

I have very often heard as I grew up that it wasn't advisable for a family person to have "The Mahabharata" at home. A paradox indeed.... the same people respecting it to be a holy book having some very sought after Gods as its characters,didn't want to possess the text. On the other hand, another grand epic,"The Ramayana" was strongly preferred, a possible reason for such biased approach may be that as those times had most of the families in the joint form, it was believed that the episodes of rivalry among cousins in the former epic would generate negative vibes that will make it hard for the joint family to sustain, and the latter text was a saga fostering infallible brotherhood. It was so easy to choose, but is really "The Mahabharata" containing something that can be learnt. It is said that "Ved Vyasa" a celebrated saint with the boon of immortality,had drafted the epic using Lord Ganesha's teeth. Now when you hear such big names,you can well imagine how important it could be. The episode in the text where Lord Krishna talks to Arjuna on the chariot in the battlefield has voluminous substance in it, what we know as "The Bhagwad Gita", the sacred ancient Hindu text.We can ... trust me derive a mammoth amount of knowledge from it, as we travel back to our roots. detect the basic human problems and dilemmas,henceforth recover from them. The ethics of warfare, have spirituality as well as a realistic bent, though there is a fair amount of betrayal, grudge and exploitation, the text still lies very intriguing. The ultimate lesson learnt is like any other spiritual text which shows the "Victory of Good over Evil". A war like situation is always necessary to exemplify how injustice should be protested against and the consequence explains the rest. Thus the epic stands apart as an immortal piece of spiritual upliftment.

[k_nitin_r 8]

It is said that one should have a copy of the Bhagavad Gita and the Srimad Bhagavatam at home. The Mahabharata is something that you would typically read once and would most likely not have to refer. Besides, we have at least three different television series of the Mahabharata in Hindi, with one currently airing on Star Plus. Also, whenever you do get the time, ideally you would want to spend it by reading the Bhagavad Gita or the Srimad Bhagavatam instead of the Mahabharata because of a greater philosophical depth and a more condensed form of the philosophy. The Bhagavad Gita was spoken within the setting of the Mahabharata so it helps to know the Mahabharata before you get to reading the Bhagavad Gita.