4 Reasons Why We All Should Watch Mahabharata

 

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The Mahabharata is one of the two great Indian epics, the other one is Ramayana. The story of the Mahabharata goes around two groups of cousins in a family- the Kauravas and the Pandavas. The hatred between both groups led to the battle of Kurukshetra. It is believed that the Mahabharata took place around between the 3rd century BCE and the 3rd century CE. 

“यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवति भारत।

अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम् ॥४-७॥

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुष्कृताम् ।

धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ॥४-८॥”

Even after almost 5000 years of Mahabharata, the story and the learning of the Mahabharata are still cherished and recalled by all of us in the hard times. The principles of the epic are applicable even today and make us hold and perform the righteous even in Kalyuga. 

It has been always suggested by our ancestors to stay rooted in our culture, the scriptures, and mainly the great Indian epics- the  Mahabharat and the Ramayana. But as kids, we never knew what we would do by reading or watching these epics but as we grow up and enter into the real “materialistic” world we get to know how the real world functions and how the teachings of these epics would be helpful to us for our growth and development, not just materialistically and spiritually as well. 

Watching/ reading Mahabharata would make you gain immense knowledge. If you comprehend the Mahabharata, you will comprehend how complicated "relationships" are, and why and how people trick you, you see the big picture and help you rise above such trivial things, and you will understand human society.

This article contains all the lessons on why we should read/ watch Mahabharata. 

1. Stand and Fight for Righteousness: At first, Arjuna didn't feel it right to stand and fight against their cousin and kingdom but then Lord Krishna reminded them that one has to stand with “Dharma” (righteousness) and fight against “Adharma” (unrighteousness). And therefore, Arjuna got the courage and stood against his own family to fight for “Dharma”. 

2. Do Not Give Up Despite All the Difficulties: Karna is an absolutely perfect epitome for this. The world didn't know the reality of Karna’s birth and right from his birth, Karna was considered to be “Sutra-Putra”. Thus, the great warrior faced discrimination, negligence, insult, and hatred all the way through his life till his last breath. But despite all these things, Karna didn't let his courage go down and didn't give up instead he fought for his rights. 

3. Instincts of Revenge May Possibility Bring Your Own Destruction: Uncle Shakuni had the instinct of revenge on Hastinapur since his sister, Gnadhari, got married to the blind prince Dhritrashtra. Shakuni did every possible delusion to take his revenge and in the end, his own nephews got slain by the Pandavas and even his own clan was cursed to be ruined by his own sister.  

4. True Friendship: The friendship bonds shown between  Lord Krishna and Arjuna, Lord Krishna and Draupadi, and Karna and Duryodhan in the Maharbhata are so inspiring and cheerful. Without the unconditional love and guidance of Lord Krishna, Arjuna had no courage to stand up against Adharma and his own family. Without Lord Krishna, Draupadi would have lost everything when her husband Yudhistir lost her in the dice gambling. And Karna, an immensely faithful friend who stood by his friend, Duryodhan, even without caring about his life. 

Written by Tamanna Rathor