1. V ALUES
OF
M AHABHARAT
A
BY
M.ESHWAR
IV

2. 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.

3. IMPORTANT CHARACTERS AND
THEIR VALUES IN MAHABHARATA
CHARACTERS VALUES
 KARNAN  GENEROSITY
 ARJUNA  COURAGE
 ABHIMANYU &  COMMITMENT
GHATOTHKATCH
 KARNAN –  TRUE FRIENDSHIP
DURYODHANA
 PANDAVA
 UNITY
BROTHERS
 EKALAIVAN
 DISCIPLINE
 YUDHISTHIRA
 PATIENCE
 BHIMA
 OBEDIENCE

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. THANK YOU