Ethical Message from Mahabharat

• Human mind tends to manipulate things :- Ganesha ready to write Story but with one condition that ved vyasa to not to stop so he can not manipulate as per human mind.
• Truth have number of dimension :- How to interpret Mahabharat ? There are number of interpretation – Within infinite myth of the eternal lies who can see the truth ? Varuna with thousands of eyes ? Indra with hundreds OR I with two ?
• Right mean of the dharma :- Example of the Drupad king and Drona :- Dhrama said that – There shall be friendship between two equal . It’s in favor of the drupad king but Krishna said that – there shall be no dharma without Generosity.
• Hypocrisy :- Dorna himself broke caste system as he was bromhin and became kahtriya while the same not allowed to eklavya.
• Message of the story of eklavya :- If you can not become great by increasing own capability , you can become great by puling down other. As arjuna did to Eklavya.
• Racism in mahabharat- Kunti don’t considered rakshash hindimi as their daughter in law but accept druapadi as their daughter in law.
• Krishan against the religious rituals :- Why Krishna pick up goverdhana mountain ? :- Every year kansa performed yagna to invoke indra. Krishna opposed it and said to pray for gowardhan mountain which obstruct rain. Indra get fursion and there was flood. To save people , Krishna pick up gowerdhan mountain.
• Intention matter more than act :- Krishna steal cloth of the gopis in Mathura but gopis love Krishna cause krisha do it just for fun while Druapdi’s chirharan became reason for the death of kaurava cause it for lust.
• Man can become god :- Vibhisana- King of the lanka refused to bow to Yudhisthir ( Coronation ceremony ) but he bowed when he saw Krishna to bow yudhisthira. Krishna said :- he is ram who uphold dharma on earth.
• Forgiveness :- Though draupadi discriminated the son of the surya , surya gifted the Magic vessel to the draupadi. This is the lesson of forgiveness .
• Power of the desire :- Message of the story of savitri who bring back her husband form yama :- life depend upon two will – Desire and destiny. Savitri changed her destiny through desire.
• Compromise is part of dhrma :- Duryodhan refused to give an inch of the land to pandava. Krishna said :- You yourself made yourself unfit to rule as you broke the rule of dharma to be ready to compromise.
• Keep promise is part of Dhrma :- Karna follow dharma to be with duryodhana as he promised him to be on his side.
• Importance of the Strategy :- Message of the Krishna and Krishna army :- A good strategist valued more than whole army.
• Laxmi and Sarasati :- Presence of the Laxmi drive away the wisdom as happened in case of the Kaurvava who spend whole life in palace. And in poverty , when one choose saraswati it will bring both wealth and wisdom.
• Self praise is intellectual suicide :- When younger brother criticize elder , he has not right to live. Krihsna said that : Why not you kill yourself by praising yourself ?
• Right man to do right work :- Shalya king as the charioteer of the Karna.
• Knowledge of the world is imperfect :- We surrounded by kuntis who hide truth due to fear and we also surrounded by karna who are friend but seems a enemy.
• Law of Karma :- Every action has reaction even when it is innocent action. Kunti Killed eggs of the ant by pouring hot water on that. It resulted in the death of the all chindren of the druapdi by ashwatahma.
• Dharma is not about winning , it about empathy :- Yudhisthir empathized  with enemy after war instead of gloating their defeat.
• Knowledge not lost even when life :- After end of war in Ramayana , Ram send laxman to the ravan and ravan share wisdom. Same in Mahabharata , Pandava learned wisdom form Bhishma in end.
• Greatness earned by Person and can not transmitted in dynasty :- Samba , Son of the Krishna became reason for the End of the yadav kul.
• Web of Karma linked all creatures together :-Curse of the Gandhari became reason for the fall of the dwaraka. Seed of the fall of the dwaraka sown in Kurukhetra.
• Self Improvement :- Mahabharata do not end with the victory of the pandava on karuva. Mahabharat end with the Yudhithir triumph over himself.
• Viajaya and jaya :- Viajaya is about the victory of the matrial things which is about Kurukhetra. Viajaya involved both – Victors and losers. Jaya is about spiritual victory. Yudhithir unconditionally forgive his enemy.
• Conflict between family and righteous :-  In Ramayana , Kumbhakaran and Vibhishan both were not agree with the Ravan. But Kumbhakaran fought with ravan as he considered Family first while Vibhishan stay with righteous. Same in Mahabharata with Yuyustsu and Vikrna.
• Advise of women :- Whole Strategy of the kaurava set by the Male while Kunti and draupadi played big role in panadava camp.
• Why Women not in the Army in India ? :- Though Pandava invoked godess Durga before war , they don’t allow the women in battlefield. Reason is , Killing women considered as the biggest crime in world.
• Value of being truthful :- Yudhithir chariot never touch ground as he speak lie never. But when he speak Intentionally wrong fact about Ashwathama , his chariot touch ground.
• Abortion :- Krishna didn’t forgive ashwathama as cursed him to the live and suffer in this world. Ashwathama killed innocence child in the womb of the Draupadi.
• Complexity of the life :- Where god is challenged by man :- Action have positive and negative repercussion. Krishna killed many to mantain dhrma but Krishna is villain as per the mothers whose child died. Gandhandari cursed Krishna.
• Blind love :- In one aspect , Gandhari was the reason behind the Mahabharata. She choose to blindfold towards her children.
  
  ( Notes From : Jaya by Devdutt patanaik  )