MAHABHARATA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION
2. HISTORY
3. ETHICS AND VALUES
4. CORPORATE ETHICS FROM MAHBHARAT

PREPARATION
ALLIES
LEADERSHIP
TEAM SPIRIT
MOTIVATION
INDIVIDUAL MOTIVES
RIGHT MANAGERS
RECAP

1. INTRODUCTION

 MAHABHARATA is the great story of Bharat dynasty

which is the part of the HINDU itihas.
It is one of the greatest and longest holy epics of ancient
india.
The actual mythecial theory was of
composed in book by Sri Ved Vyasa.

Ganesh

but it is

It is the epic narrative of kurukshetra wars and the fates of

kaurava and pandava princes.
It begins with Vyasa sang of the ineffable greatness and
splendor of Lord Vasudeva , who is the source and support
for everything,
Who is eternal,
Unchanging
Self luminous
Righteousness of Panda

It contains 1,00,000 shlokes over 2,00,000 lines above 1.8

million words & 18 parvas (books).

2. HISTORY
The history of kurukshetra wars is unclear. Many historians estimate
the date of the Kurukshetra war to Iron Age India of the 10th century
BC.

 The story is based on the struggle for the throne of the hastinapur
between two opponents kauravas and pandavas.
The kauravas and pandavas are two colletral branches of family.
The war for throne converts into great battle of kurukshetra wars, in
which the pandavas wins the war.
Pandu was the king because of the blindness of dhrutrashta, he was
husband of kunti and madri. Dhritarashtra marries Gandhari, a
princess from Gandhara, who blindfolds herself so that she may feel
the pain that her husband feels.
One day, when Pandu is relaxing in the forest, he hears the sound of
a wild animal. He shoots an arrow in the direction of the sound.
However the arrow hits the sage Kindama, who curses him that if he
engages in a sexual act, he will die. Pandu then retires to the forest
along with his two wives, and his brother Dhritarashtra rules
thereafter, despite his blindness.
Pandu's older queen Kunti, however, had been given a boon by Sage
Durvasa that she could invoke any god using a special mantra.
Kunti uses this boon to ask Dharma the god of justice, Vayu the god
of the wind, and Indra the lord of the heavens for sons.
She gives birth to three sons, Yudhishthira, Bhima, and Arjuna,
through these gods. Kunti shares her mantra with the younger
queen Madri, who bears the twins Nakula and Sahadeva through
the Ashwini twins. However, Pandu and Madri indulge in sex, and
Pandu dies. Madri dies on his funeral pyre out of remorse. Kunti

raises the five brothers, who are from then on usually referred to as
the Pandava brothers.
The five pandavas married to dhraupadi who called as panchali.
Shakuni and duryodhan plotted game again yudhisthir and takes all
his wealth along with his family and wife.
The Pandavas spend thirteen years in exile; many adventures occur
during this time. They also prepare alliances for a possible future
conflict. They spend their final year in disguise in the court
of Virata, and are discovered just after the end of the year.
At the end of their exile, they try to negotiate a return to
Indraprastha. However, this fails, as Duryodhana objects that they
were discovered while in hiding, and that no return of their kingdom
was agreed. War becomes inevitable.
At
the
end
of
the
18-day
battle,
only
the
Pandavas, Satyaki, Kripa, Ashwatthama, Kritavarma, Yuyutsu and
Krishna survive.

3.ETHICAL & VALUES

(MAHABHARAT & MANAGMENT)

YADAA YADAA HI DHARMAS

YAGLANIR BHAVATI BHARATA,
ABHUTHANAM ADHARMASY
ATADATMANAM SRUJAMRUIHAM.
Lord Krishna said- Whenever Dharma would be at stake, I
would reincarnateto save this Dharti (EARTH)" .
PANDAVAS though they were just five, but still were a perfect
example of a team.

Team with all qualities. Going in ascending order of age 1. SAHDEVA: Known for his intelligence
2. NAKULA: For his horse riding
3. ARJUNA: Archery
4. BHIMA: Power and strength
5.YUDHISTHIR: Ethics
Krishna always said. "Dharma is the end what you
achieve."Management is something which does require some
ethics
Arjuna, the main hero, was a man who was determined not to
fightagainst his own brother's Kauravas

 During Kurukshetra Krishna sent Abhimanyu in the war to handlet

he chakrvyuh. He knew that Abhimanyu doesn't know how to
comeout of the chakrvyuh. He knew that Abhimnyu will die. But
he had todo that because probably this was the best plan which can
convinceArjuna to go for a war against his brothers.

4. CORPRATE ETHICS FROM

MAHABHARAT
THINGS TO BE LEARNED FROM MAHABHARAT
1)

PREPARATION

2)

ALLIES

3)

LEADERSHIP

4)

TEAM SPIRIT

5)

MOTIVATION

6)
MOTIVES

INDIVIDUAL

7)
MANAGERS

RIGHT

8)

RECAP

1. PREPARATION
Kauravas :
Karna went on a country-wide military mission, subdued the
different kingdoms and acquired wealth. But it meant a loss in
terms of both men and money and creation of new enemies.

Pandavas : Though in exile they turned their attention to

improving over their weakness

 Arjuna set out on a mission to acquires Divyastras.

Bhima met his brother Hanuman and got a blessing of enhanced

strength.
Yudhisthira acquired teachings from the various wise rishis, and
also learnt the Game of Dice from Gandharava Chtrasena, lest he
was challenged to yet another dice game. Its said that he had
become undefeatable in Dice.

weakness into your Strength.

Turn

your

2.ALLIES
Kauravas : Centralized power system. The greatest empire of the
time. But not many powerful allies, except from old relations from
far off places like Gandhara(Shakuni), Sindhu(Jayadrath) and
Kambodia(Camboja - Bhagadutt)

Pandavas : No wealth. No power of their own. But powerful

allies all over India.

Panchala through Marriage with Darupadi.

Dwarka through marriage with Arjuna and Subhadra.
Magadh through marriage of Shadeva and Vijaya.
Chedi through marriage of Nakula and Karenmayi.
Kasi through marriage of Bhima and Balandhara.
Kekaya through marriage of Yudhisthira and Devika.
Matsya through marriage of Abhimanyu and Uttara.
The Rakshasas through marriage of Bhima and Hidimba.
The Nagas through marriage of Arjuna and Uloopi.

Make Powerful Allies.

3. LEADERSHIP
Kauravas : Centralized leadership. One Head of Army at a time,
who has supreme authority of 11 akshouhini of army. Bhishma,
Drona, Karna, Shalya and Ashwatthama.

 Pandavas : Distributed leadership. Seven commanders for the

seven divisions.(1 man command 1 akshouhini each).

Virat (King of Matsya).

Drupad (King of Pancala).
Sahadeva(King of Magadha).
Dhrshtaketu (King of Chedi).
Satyaki (Only warrior from Dwarka).
Shikhandi (Prince of Pancala).
Dhrshtadymna Commander in Chief.
Arjuna Supreme Commander.
Krishna Arjunas charioteer and counselor.

Share your responsibilities.

4. INDIVIDUAL MOTIVATION
Kauravas : Except for Duryodhana nobody wanted the War. All
the 4 main generals had strong ties with the Pandavas.
Bhishma(grandchildern) Wont kill the panadavas. Will kill
a thousand soldiers each day.

Drona (students) Wont kill the Pandavas. Will capture them

only.

Shalya (Nakula-Shadevas maternal uncle) : Loved the

Pandavas and covertly helped them by humiliating Karna

A Team of Traitors.
Pandavas : Common goal. But the individuals had their
individual targets. Their own agenda, which just became one with
the teams agenda.

The Right team

is made by selecting the Right Individuals. Get the
right man for the right job

5.TEAM SPIRIT
Kauravas : No team spirit. They all fought their individual wars.

Bhishma : For his Vow to protect the throne

Hastinapur.
Drona and Kripa : They owed allegiance to the throne.

Pandavas : One team. One Goal. As men, they all had huge
respect for Krishna and Yudhisthira. While as warriors they were
in complete awe of Bhima and Arjuna. Most of them were close
relatives cousins, brother-in-laws, father-in-laws. More than that
they all were part of the decision-making process. It was their
common war.

Teamwork succeeds where Individual effort fails.

6. MOTIVATION
Kauravas :
-

Without war, will concede not a needle-prick of earth.

Duryodhna

Duryodhana was completely focused on the War.It was his moment of

truth. He had usurped a kingdom, and he meant to keep it. He had

resorted to any means, foul or fair to get the kingdom, which he believed
to be rightfully his, and he was in no mood to give it up.

Pandavas :
We fight over a Kingdom, as dogs over a piece of
meat.-Yudhisthira
The Pandavas had been humiliated, their wife insulted, their kingdom
taken. Butstill they wanted to avoid the War. The three elder Pandavas
were against the War. They even went as far as making an offer that they
will stop the War in exchange of 5 villages.

7. RIGHT MANAGERS
Krishna : The Greatest Crisis Manager the world has seen.
Yudhisthira : Low-key strategist.

 On the first day of the War, he played a Master game. Went over to
the Enemy side to seek blessings from Elders. In reality he made a
covert deal with them, wherein all of them agreed to help him and
unfolded the secrets of defeating them.
While coming back, he took a calculated risk. He made an offer to
all the assembled people to change sides if they wanted to. He
knew well of the lack of cohesiveness among the Kauravas.
Yuyutsu, son of Dhrtarashtra crossed over to the Pandavas. This
exposed the weakness of the Kauravas for all to see.
Know your enemies weaknesses and exploit them.Take Calculated
risks.
Inspire, invigorate, counsel your own team in moments of need.

8. RECAP
Turn your weaknesses into strengths.
Turn enemies into allies.
Share your responsibilities.
Teamwork scores over Individual Effort.

 Right Team = Right set of Individuals. The right man for the right
job.
Commitment scores over Competence.
Team interests over Individual interests..
Know your enemy/challenges. Exploit its weaknesses. Take
calculated risks.
The Right Managers : To inspire, invigorate, counsel in crisis .
Know Ground realities. Accept different ideologies. Cooperate.
Empower Women. The Gender Balance is required for stability and
administration.

THANK YOU.

BY- VANITA TAILI