VALUES

OF
MAHABHARATA

BY
M.ESHWAR
IV
INTRODUCTION
 Mahabharata is called National epic of India. It is
written by great author Vyasa in 4th century AD.

 The Mahabharata is the story of a great war

“Kurukshetra” between Kauravas and Pandavas that
ended one age and began another.

 The story has been passed down to us in a classical

Sanskrit verse lines of 200,000.

 Mahabharata is the longest Sanskrit epic.

IMPORTANT CHARACTERS AND THEIR
VALUES IN MAHABHARATA

CHARACTERS VALUES
 KARNAN  GENEROSITY
 ARJUNA  COURAGE
 ABHIMANYU &  COMMITMENT
GHATOTHKATCH
 KARNAN –  TRUE FRIENDSHIP
DURYODHANA
 PANDAVA BROTHERS
 UNITY
 EKALAIVAN
 DISCIPLINE
 YUDHISTHIRA
 PATIENCE
 BHIMA
 OBEDIENCE
GENEROSITY
 Karna was the son of
Kunti from the Sun God.
One of the greatest
warriors of Mahabharata.
 A man who would never
refuse the request for any
gift or donation to
whomsoever at any
situation.
COURAGE
 Arjuna is the third of
Pandava brothers.
 Arjuna is the finest archer
and a peerless warrior in
the Mahabharata.
 Though Arjuna was the
supreme commander of
Pandavas . He heard the
words of Krishna and
Yudhisthira for success in
kurukshetra war.
COMMITMENT
 In Mahabharata, Everyone
was assigned a role and
they did it with their
limited capabilities.
 Abhimanyu and
Ghatotkatch sacrificed their
life for their team.
 Both of them contributed a
lot. As Abhimanyu fought
with 7 Maharatis single
handed and Ghatotkatch
took away half of Kaurava's
army.
TRUE FRIENDSHIP
 Karna is the trustworthy
friend for Duryodhana.

 Though Karna was the

eldest brother of
Pandavas. He fought
against them for his
friend Duryodhana.
UNITY
 Pandavas put team
interest and each person
was involved in every
process.
 They respect each other
and use to listen to their
commander and leader
Arjuna.
 They had a mission and a
common goal and they
worked for it.
DISCIPLINE
 Ekalaivan is tribal boy
who aspires to study
archery in the gurukul of
Dronacharya.
 With discipline,
Ekalaivan achieves a
level of skill superior to
that of Arjuna.
 When his guru
dronacharya demanded
the boy to give his right
thumb as gurudakshina,
without any hesitation he
gave.
PATIENCE
 Yudhisthira eldest of
Pandava Brothers.

 Yudhisthira was trained in

religion, science,
administration and
military arts.

 Because of his patience

he became good
decission-maker of all
others.
OBEDIENCE
 Bhima is symbol of great
strength.He is the second
brother of pandavas.
 He is very obedient to his
Younger brother Arjuna
and supported him in all
situations.
 Because of Bhima’s
strength with his brother
Arjuna. Kauravas could
not do anything except
losing.
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