Lessons from Mahabharata

Lessons from Mahabharata

Hindu epic Mahabharat is full of knowledge and wisdom and these lessons can be helpful if we adopt them and make these a part of our daily life.

Determination and passion for your goals:  

Karna whom Guru Drauna refused to consider his student just because he was not a prince but a sutputra. He was upset but he didn't lose hope instead of searching other ways to get trained and last he found Guru Parshurama as his mentor and learned all the martial arts.

Moral:  Those who are focused and passionate about your goal, they don't freak our or brake down when failed but create different paths to reach their goal and become a source of motivation for others.

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We should Focus on the present, not in the future:

Dasraj Satyawati's father tries to secure the future of Satyavati's upcoming generation but this proved a bane to the whole Kuru Dynasty.

Moral:   When you focus more on the future rather than your present then you are destroying both only a good present can bring you a better tomorrow. There is also a saying "Past is history, future is a mystery but today is a gift". So live it to the fullest.

Lessons from Mahabharata

Always follow the right path: 

Yudhishthira Who faced so many bad situations in his life but never skip the path of morality and honesty and at last won the battle even though his army was quite less then Kaurva's army.

Moral: It is true that those who are on the right track have to go with a lot of challenges but at last they win and history always remembers them with respect.

Gambling is the worst thing: 

One of the biggest learning from Mahabharata is "Gambling is the worst thing ever". Pandavas lost everything while playing the dice game with Duryodhana ( Yudhisthira lost everything his empire, brothers, self-respect, His wife Draupadi humiliated badly and went to the jungle.

Moral: Gambling destroyed many lives every year in our country. People lost their property and some time things went so bad that they have to commit suicide.

Promote Marit, not the age: 

King Bharat was the one who considers karma more important than birth. According to him only a person who has the quality to run an empire can be the king's successor. So didn't choose his own sons but elected among the countrymen.
You can also witness this in modern days that many of the big leaders are not of much age and many aged people are working under their guidance. that means success doesn't depend on how old you are but what you got.  So focus on skills building and update them with time.

As you sow so shall you reap: 

Kauravas from the beginning were conspiring to kill Pandavas in one or another way in order to become the ruler of the Kuru Dynasty but failed every time and at last, get killed by Pandavas.

Moral: Whatever we do, we have to bear the fruits of good or bad in this life only. If not us then the coming generation has to suffer.

Half knowledge is harmful: 

We can learn a lesson about Abhimanu's death in the Mahabharata battle when Guru Drauna created Chakraviyuh to capture Yudhishthira. He knows only how to enter the chakraviyuh but has no idea to come out safely and we all know that at the seventh door when he was murdered by the enemy.

Moral: Whatever you have interest in, learn it completely and with determination.

Care for Nature:  

This message was coming from Dharmaraj Yudhisthira while Nakula and Sahadeva were cutting the wood for the daily routine activities. Then Yudhishthira told them both that dear brothers we should take as much from mother nature how much we can payback.

Moral: Mother nature always cares for us let us return the favor by preserving and protecting it.

Charity and generosity are paths to heaven:

The self-realization of mistakes: Lord Krishna once told  Karna while he confessed that he did a serious sin by saying Divine lady Draupadi a whore and he couldn't make eye contact with her well. Then Krishna said that self-realization of own mistakes opens the path of heaven (Moksha).

Moral: If you commit a mistake/blunder intentionally or unintentionally admit them before its too late to confess.