MAHABHARATA

MAHABHARATA
• Ramayana and Mahabharata, the two great epics of India ,have captivated the hearts of
its people for several millennia.
• Whether it is literature –both Sanskrit and vernacular arts, crafts , painting , music , dance , and
drama , or temple motifs, no aspect of Indian culture has escaped the stamp of their influence.

• The simple village folk who shed tears while listening to the ballads on the banishment of Sita
or the highly skilled artisans working on the temple motifs depicting the Kurukshetra war, are
both responding to a dynamic and continue culture of these epics.
• Hindu tradition has always considered these two epic as Itihas ( verily did it exist thus ) or
history.
• Modern scholars have largely conceded that the core of the epics could have had a historical
basis.
 IMPORTANT CHARACTERS AND THEIR
VALUES
C H A R AC T E R S VA L U E S
• KARAN • GENEROSITY
• ARJUN • COURAGE
• ABHIMANYU AND GHATHKATCH • COMMITMENT
• KARAN – DURYODHANA • TRUE FRIENDSHIP
• PANDAV 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
WHOM SOEVER AT ANY
SITUATION.
 C O U R AG E
Arjun is the third of the
pandava brothers.

Arjun 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 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
KARANA IS THE
TRUSTWORTHY FRIEND FOR
DURYODHANA.

THOUGH KARANA WAS THE

ELDEST BROTHER OF
PANDAVAS . HE FOUGHT
AGAINST TEM FOR HIS FRIEND
DURYODHANA.
UNITY
PANDAVAS PUT TEAM INTREST
AND EACH PERSON WAS
INVOLVED IN EVERY PROCESS .

THEY RESPECTEACH OTHER

AND USE TO LISTEN TO THEIR
COMMANDER AND LEADER
ARJUNA.

THEY HAD A MISSION AND A

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.
PAT I E N C E
YUDHISTHIRA ELDEST OF
PANDAVA BROTHERS .

YUDHISTHIRA WAS TRAINED IN

RELIGION , SCIENCE ,
ADMINISTRATION AND MILITAY
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 I VERY OBIDENT TO HI
YOUNGER BROTHER ARJUNA
AND SUPPORTED HIM IN ALL
SITUATION.

BECAUSE OF BHIMAS
STRENGTH WITH HIS BROTHER
ARJUNA. KAURAVAS COULD
NOT DO ANYTHING EXCEPT
LOSING .