Lessons of Mahabharata

Hindus consider Mahabharata as the greatest epic in India. It is a story of love, courage, truth, lies, deceit, selfishness, foolishness, and every other human emotion. Today when we see people of selfish interests all around us, that reminds us of Mahabharata. When we find nations states fighting with each other for frivolous reasons that also reminds us of Mahabharata. Everything that is bad and everything that is good reminds us
of something in Mahabharata. That is beauty of this epic. It showcases human emotions so totally that you need not study anything other than Mahabharata to understand human nature.

The characters are many and all have their own specialty. The circumstances play different roles in shaping destinies and this gives us a lot to learn from Mahabharta.

Kunti teaches us the lesson of lie. She spoke lie about birth of Karna and suffered all her life.

Bhishma teaches us the lesson of what happens if you become a mute observer to great injustice.

Dhritrashtra teaches us the lesson of misplace love which in the end killed all his sons.

Karna teaches us the lesson of undying friendship with a man of no principals. This led to karna's death.

Duryodhana teaches us about the reasons of destruction. He managed to get all his brothers and friends killed because of his hatred.

Bhima teaches us about why one should never forget a wrong done to oneself.

All the pandva brothers teach us about how the orders of the elsest brother are to be followed.

Love between Kunti nad madri teaches us about how love can be sustained between step wives.

Pandus death teaches us about how he could not control his sexual desire at the cost of his life.

Every character of Mahabharata teaches us something. It is for us to understand the lesson and follow a path in life that brings joy and peace in life.