In this article, you will learn:

1. Best Mahabharata Quotes
2. Arjun Quotes From Mahabharata
3. Mahabharata Quotes on Life
4. Mahabharat Friendship Quotes

Also know some Unanswered Questions on Mahabharata

In this article, you will learn:

1. Was yudhisthira in love with Draupadi?
2. Is Draupadi really love Pandavas?
3. What is the message of Mahabharata?
4. Is Mahabharata a Real Story?
5. Is Mahabharata Good To Keep at Home?
6. Where is the Original Mahabharata Book Kept?
7. Who Killed Ekalavya?
8. When was Krishna Born?
9. Is Mahabharata Worth Reading?
10. What are Positive Quotes?
11. What are Some Deep Quotes?
12. Who is the real hero of Mahabharata?
13. What Made Karna the Real Hero in Mahabharata?
14. What Arjuna the Real Hero in Mahabharata?
15. Will Mahabharata Happen Again?
16. Vidura Niti Quotes?
17. Lord Krishna Quotes from Mahabharata ?



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Is Draupadi really love Pandavas?


Draupadi was the wife of five Pandavas but still she did not want 5 Pandavas to be equal


Vidura Niti Quotes?


The intoxication with power is worse than drunkenness with liquor and such, for who is drunk with power does not come to his senses before he falls. – Vidura Niti
Cleverness does not always lead to gain nor stupidity to poverty. – Vidura Niti
A man should avoid these six like a leaking boat in the ocean: a teacher who does not teach, a priest who has not studied, a king who fails to protect, a wife who is abusive, a cowherd who wants a village, and a barber who wants a forest. – Vidura Niti
Those prone to get drunk on knowledge wealth and good birth, but the same are the triumphs of the strict.- Vidura Niti


Lord Krishna Quotes from Mahabharata ?


Do your duty and shape your destiny. That is the secret of life. Oh Man! Your own hands hold your own destiny. – Lord Krishna To Pandavas
Compassion (Pity) for the material body of a drowning man is senseless. A man fallen into the ocean of ignorance cannot be saved simply by rescuing his material body. – Lord Krishna to Arjuna in Bhagavad Gita
Unless the senses are controlled, there is no chance of elevation to the platform of knowledge and without knowledge and devotion there is no chance of liberation. – Lord Krishna to Arjuna


What is the message of Mahabharata?

The message of Mahabharata is that adharma or impious activities driven by the upheaval in material nature always lead to disastrous results. Therefore, Mahabaharat aims to deliver mankind from the ignorance of material existence. 

Every one of us is full of anxieties because of this material existence. Our very existence is in the very environment of non-existence.

We are not meant to be threatened by Non-Existence. Our Existence is eternal. But somehow, we are put into that which does not exist.

There are very few people who question their suffering. In other words, there are very few people who actually inquire about what they are, why they are suffering, what is their position and purpose, and so on.

Unless we are awakened to this position of questioning our suffering, we are not considered  perfect human being. Therefore, it is important for us to realize that we do not want suffering. Instead we want to make a solution to all the suffering.

Thus, the message of Mahabharata is that humanity begins when this sort of inquiry is awakened in your mind.

The following section coveys the fundamental messages of mahabharata: 
Self-Realization
The primary message of Mahabharata is that it instructs us in self-realization by an analytical study of the material body and the spirit soul. 

This realization is possible when you work without attachment to fruitive results. Furthermore, it is situated in the fixed conception of the real-self. 

What is Real-Self? Real Self is the one that understands that the aim of life is realization of the Absolute Truth, or Visnu, that leads to liberation. And not the external features of the material world.

In other words, you are in complete “Samadhi” (absolute consciousness) if your mind is fixed for understanding the ‘Self’. However, Samadhi is not possible if you are interested in the material sense enjoyments and awed by temporary pleasures.

Therefore, the self-realization is possible only when your senses are controlled. Also, without the knowledge of self-realization and devotion, there is no chance of liberation.
Seek A Spiritual Master
Remember, the complete system of material activities is a source of confusion for everyone. And to gain guidance for executing the purpose of life, you need to seek a bona fide spiritual master.
Our Purpose Is To Solve Life Problems
As humans, we all are trapped in material confusions. Now, who is a man in material confusions?
A man in material confusions is a miserly man who does not solve the problems of life as a human. Such a man quits this world without understanding the science of self-realization. 

According to Bhagavad Gita, you need to understand that human form of life is the most valuable asset for a living entity. Thus, you need to use it for solving problems of life.

So, you are a miser if you do not use this opportunity properly. However, you are a Brahmana who is intelligent enough to use this body to solve all the problems of life.
True Happiness Lies In Pious Activities
Mahabharata also teaches that economic development and material comforts cannot drive away your grief or sorrow. This grief may relate to your family, social, national, or international frenzy.

You need to take a refuge in absolute consciousness in order to seek peace and harmony in life.

Remember, the upheaval in material nature can destroy economic development or supremacy over the world at any time.

In other words, you can fall down again when the results of pious activities are finished. In such a case, you would fall from the peak of happiness to the lowest status of life. And such downfalls only constitute further sorrow.
Soul is More Important Than Material Body
Another fundamental message of Mahabharata is that body is born and is destined to  destroy today or tomorrow. Therefore, the body is not as important as the soul.
 
If you know this, you become learned and there is no cause of sorrow or grief for you. This is regardless of the condition of your material body.
Duty Must Be Discharged Properly
Mahabharata teaches that you have to execute your duties in spite of climatic inconveniences. And while discharging this duty, you need to follow the prescribed rules and regulations of religious principles.

When you discharge your duty by following the prescribed rules, you attain the transcendental knowledge. Further, this knowledge plus devotion liberate you from the clutches of illusion.

Also, while discharging your duty, you have to learn to tolerate non-permanent appearances and disappearances of happiness and distress. 

Furthermore, you always need to remember that a great heritage brings responsibility in the matter of proper discharge of duties. Therefore, you cannot avoid fighting. 



Is Mahabharata a Real Story?

As per SSN Murthy at School of Physical Sciences, JNU, New Delhi, concludes that Mahabharata is a dramatized version of the Battle of Ten Kings. 

The Battle of Ten Kings is one of the interesting battles mentioned in the Rgveda. It was a battle between a Bharata King named Sudas and a confederation of ten tribes.

The Tarsus clan helped Sudas in pitting against the ten tribes. These ten tribes consisted of five Aryan tribes and five Non-Aryan tribes.

Furthermore, this battle took place on the banks of river Parushni, now famously called Ravi. 

Now, a vedic Rishi named Vasista led King Sudas. Fortunately, King Sudas won the battle. He won the battle because of a timely storm and floods and also due to the strategies of Rishi Vasista.

So, most of the opponents were either killed or washed away in the floods. In other words, it was a Bharata battle on a small scale. 

Furthermore, Rishi Vasista praises the Vedic Gods, Indra, and his companions in various hymns. 

As per SSN Murthy, the manner in which the battle was described in the Rgveda showcases that the battle has some historical importance.

So, it is quite unlikely that such a significant battle was never discussed in the later Puranas. 

Therefore, as per the author, a critical comparison of the Battle of Ten Kings and Mahabharata revealed a large number of similarities. These similarities led to the conclusion that the Battle of Ten Kings may have formed the central point of Mahabharata.

To read the similarities, you check out this paper titled “The Questionable Historicity of the Mahabharata. ”

Thus, in this paper, SSN Murthy concludes that there is no historicity involved in the epic. It is just dramatized version of the Battle of Ten Kings. 



Is Mahabharata Good To Keep at Home?

As per Iravati Karve’s essays on Mahabharata in “Yugant”, the characters of the great Indian epic stand out. These characters stand out as recognizable human beings with all the complexities of real men and women.

These characters are engaged in a prolonged moral struggle that leads to a terrible war. This war is termed “Dharma Yudha”, meaning a war with justice at stake.

In other words, Mahabharata reveals a living concern for moral issues. In the ancient relics, the word “Dharam” revealed morality. 

Furthermore, Dharma belongs to the domain of action. Thus, there exists a conflict between your own aspirations or longings and the given norms you are a successor to.

This is why the discovery of Dharma in the light of your own wants against your assigned roles or duties leads to suffering and turmoil.
Mahabharata is the only work that portrays Dharma as a living, agonising pursuit. It portrays the dilemmas inherent in Dharma through its powerful story and characters.

However, Mahabharat does not provide categorical answers to such dilemmas. Furthermore, the quest for dharma in Mahabharata does not end in achieving a final goal. 

Now, this context of Mahabharata confused many in a later age. It was then that the ideal of Bhakti started ruling the minds of people.

This ideal meant that you need to surrender to God and let his will work through you. This was the answer to the moral struggles of life. This was the true, only Dharma.

Now, the characters in Mahabharata swear by their own Dharma. They spend their entire lives discovering their own Dharma through their own actions and suffering. 

And the Bhagavad Gita also teaches one’s own dharma. However, the world in the later era did not focus on the sphere of action that Mahabharata emphasized. And they diverted their attention somewhere else in order to seek the ideal of spirituality. 

This was because the later era poets and dramatists focused on intensification of moods in Mahabharata. In other words, they created situations having emotional tones color. As a result, they customized the characters of Mahabharata to fit in the situation and the mood. 

They focused on creating human ideal types rather than concentrating on human characteristics. This resulted in people seeing themselves in the characters of Mahabharata way too much.

But, the over dramatization of Mahabharata in the later ages made it difficult for people. They could not focus on the world of action and spirituality revealed in Mahabharata.

This does not mean that the world in the later era did not respect Mahabharata. But,  they developed a superstitious feeling that one should not keep Mahabharata at home.  



Where is the Original Mahabharata Book Kept?

The Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in Shivajinagar, Chiplunkar Road, Pune has The Critical Edition of the Mahabharata. The Cultural Ministry of India had started a nationwide project titled “The National Mission for Manuscripts”. 

This project was started in the year 1866 by the Government of Bombay. The eminent scholars collected more than 17000 important manuscripts under this project.

This mission has recognized the service of  as well as declared the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute as a Manuscript Resource Centre (MRC). It is the sole MRC situated in Maharashtra.



Who Killed Ekalavya?

Lord Krishna killed Ekalavya in Mahabharata. Ekalavya was the son of Devashrava who was the brother of Kunti and Vasudeva. For some reason, Ekalavya was abandoned by his father.

Vyatraj Hiranyadhanush, the King of Nishadha, found Ekalavya in the forest. Hence, he adopted Ekalavya.

Eventually, Ekalavya became the Prince of Nishadha. This happened when the King of Nishadha died.

Now, Ekalavya and his clan supported Jarasandha from the time of King Vyatraj Hiranyadhanush. Furthermore, Ekalavya also worked as an archer of King Jarasandha.

But, Jarasandha was Krishna’s enemy. And Ekalavya helped King Jarasandha when he attacked Mathura.

Now, this alliance of Krishna with Jarasandha also impacted Krishna’s alliance with Ekalavya. In other words, Ekalavya also became Krishna’s enemy. 

Now, various reasons are sighted for Krishna killing Ekalavya. Some of these include:

Ekalavya helped Jarasandha and Shishupala in chasing Rukmini. This happened when Rukmini ran away to marry Lord Krishna instead of Shishupala. Out of rage, Lord Krishna picked up a stone and threw it at Ekalavya. Thus, Ekalavya got killed.
Bhima killed Jarasandha with the help of Krishna during Yudhisthira’s Rajasuya Yaga. Ekalavya got enraged on his friend’s death.  Thus, he decided to kill Krishna and all the Yadavas in Dwarka. So, Krishna killed Ekalavya when he attacked on Dwarka.
Some are of the view that Ekalavya was survived the battle against the Yadavas. Then, he somehow reached Duryodhana’s court. Duryodhana made Eklavya the King of all forests in Hastinapura. As per Duryodhana’s orders, Eklavya tried to kill Samba. Samba was Krishna’s son. So, to protect his son, Krishna broke Ekalavya’s skull with the help of a rock and thus killed him.
 



When was Krishna Born?

Krishna was born in the 126th year counted backwards from 3102 B.C. In other words, the date of Krishna’s birth is 19 July 3228 B.C.. And he departed on 3102 B.C. This date is based on the scriptural details and astrological calculations.



Is Mahabharata Worth Reading?

Yes! Mahabharata is worth reading as it teaches some of the most important lessons of life. Therefore, two of such lessons are living your life for Dharma and resolving the conflict between values and aspirations .
Dharma
First of all, the characters in Mahabharata stand out as recognizable human beings with all the complexities of real men and women.

These characters are engaged in a prolonged moral struggle that leads to a terrible war. This war is termed “Dharma Yudha”, meaning a war with justice at stake.

In other words, Mahabharata reveals a living concern for moral issues. In the ancient relics, the word “Dharam” revealed morality. 

Furthermore, the morality was revealed both as an ideal as well as the set of norms that guide human action.

Dharma was a basic human seeking. In other words, Dharma was a man’s search for an answer to the question, “What Should I Do?”. Besides this, Dharma was also regarded as the set of codes or rules for right conduct of life.

Furthermore, Dharma belongs to the domain of action. Thus, our commitment to an act works in ways over which we do not have any control. 

Note that repenting over an action after having committed it can never take us back to the original situation. This makes the conflicts and dilemmas of Dharma painfully existential.
Conflict Between Aspirations and Values
The moral domain is a domain of conflict and dilemma. The conflict exists between your own aspirations or longings and the given norms you are a successor to.

This is why the discovery of Dharma in the light of your own wants against your assigned roles or duties leads to suffering and turmoil.

Thus, a choice commits you to a specific course of action. And, irrespective of anything, choices have to be made. This is where Dharma guides us.

However, the challenge is that Dharma does not provide us with a categorical answer. It just gives us norms, principles, and values that we must try to realize and live by.

There is a clash of values and ambiguity regarding principles. As a result of all of this, you do not know what to do. 

So, Mahabharata portrays the dilemmas inherent in Dharma through its powerful story and characters. But, it does not provide categorial answers

What are Positive Quotes?

The following are some of the Positive Quotes of Mahabharata:

When the waiting is over who remembers how long the wait was or how difficult. – Kripi To Dronacharya
Conquer anger with forgiveness, win the wicked with kindness, educate the niggardly (ungenerous with time, money etc) with generosity, overcome injustice with truth. – Udyogaparva, Mahabharata
Do your duty and shape your destiny. That is the secret of life. Oh Man! Your own hands hold your own destiny. – Lord Krishna To Pandavas
Knowledge begets humility, humility makes one worthy, true worth brings in wealth, good acts bring in happiness. Wealth if used for righteous acts brings in happiness. – Devavratha to King Shantanu
The one who seeks success has to abandon six vices: drowsiness, sloth, fear, anger, laziness and putting on work to a later time. – Udyogaparva, Mahabharata
The one who never looks arrogant, never speaks about others with disregard, never says rude words, even if this one has lost self control – such a person is always liked by everyone. – Udyogaparva, Mahabharata
He that is possessed of valour, though destitute of all (other) merits, will vanquish his foes. One, however, that is destitute of valour, though possessed of every (other) merit, can scarcely accomplish anything.”
Aided by good policy, if not frustrated by Destiny, an undertaking becomes crowned with success.


What are Some Deep Quotes?

The following are some of the deep quotes from Mahabharata:

A swan can fly only with the help of two wings. One wing is karma (action) and the other wing is knowledge. If there is only one wing, then the other is useless. With the help of one, swan cannot fly. – Devarata to King Shantanu in Mahabharata
Never try to do good deeds under the influence of passion, fear or greed. – Udyogaparva, Mahabharata
The warrior has two enemies – sleep and tiredness. He has two friends – hardwork and caution. The warrior who can vanquish these enemies and befriend the two friends will be undefeatable. – Guru Dronacharya to Arjuna
Arrogance does not suit warriors because it shows weakness. Learn to conquer your arrogance. Learn humility. For humility leads to progress. – Dronacharya to Dhuryodhana
Those who wish to prosper must get rid of evil minds and evil friends. – Mahabharata
Words are invaluable , speak them if you must. Weigh them carefully before you speak them out. – Yudhishthira to Draupadi
A wound inflicted by arrow heals, a wood cut down by an ax grows, but a wound inflicted by harsh words does not heal. Arrows of different sorts can be extracted from the body, but a word dart cannot be drawn out, for it is seated in the heart.



Who is the real hero of Mahabharata?

Karna and Arjuna  were the real hero of Mahabharata. Where Arjuna was the victorious hero, Karna was the tragic hero of Mahabharata.

Both Karna and Arjuna are significant characters of the great Indian epic Mahabharata. And both of them have the title of an Atirathi. 

A Rathi is a warrior who is capable of attacking 5,000 warriors simultaneously.

Whereas, an Atirathi is a warrior who is capable of attacking 12 Rathi class warriors or 60,000 warriors simultaneously.

But the following section compares the two characters to understand how both Karna and Arjuna were the real heroes of Mahabharata in their own way.



What Made Karna the Real Hero in Mahabharata?

In Mahabharata, Karna was the abandoned son of Kunti. He was bestowed with armour and a pair of dangling earrings at birth. 

Karna was a great archer and was also adept in martial skills. He was invincible and was equal to Arjuna. However, at times, he was even more powerful than Arjuna.

Even Lord Krishna warned Arjuna to be cautious of Karna in the battlefield. Despite having great powers, Karna was the unfortunate one. This is because he had a lot of curses on him.

Parashurama cursed Karna that all his martial skills including the weapon Brahmastra would fail when he would need them the most.

Besides this, Karna also had to give the armour as well as the dangling earrings to Lord Indra one day before the war. 

He even gave a promise to Mother Kunti that all his five sons would return living from the battlefield what come may. 

Furthermore, Mother Earth had cursed Karna that she would trap his chariot’s wheel in the earth. And she would do that during the most critical period in the war. 

In addition to this, the Grandsire Bhishma Pitamaha did not allow Karna to participate in the war under his leadership. 

Thus, Karna only entered the battlefield on the eleventh day after Bhishma’s death on the tenth day of the war.



What Arjuna the Real Hero in Mahabharata?

Arjuna was a great archer, a diligent student, and was blessed by the almighty. However, he always turned out victorious because of Lord Krishna.

Besides this, Lord Krishna had to follow the path of Adharma to win against Karna and Kauravas.

Moreover, Arjuna was arrogant and showcased this side of his persona many a times during the war.

On the other hand, Karna was brave, kind-hearted, forgiving, righteous, and immensely gifted.

But all these good qualities of Karna were taken advantage of during the war many a times. 

Furthermore, Karna didn’t take advantage of Arjuna’s weak monet. Karna refused to direct more Nagastras towards Arjuna when Arjuna fainted with the strike of one of his arrows.

However, Arjuna killed Karna when his chariot was trapped in the mud during the war. 

The only reason why Karna suffered the most during Mahabharata was that he supported Duryodhana. The other cruel act that Karna engages into during the war is the killing of Abhimanyu.

Given these sufferings that Karna was destined to bear, you should not ridicule the significant role that Arjuna plays in the war.

What made him extraordinary was his search for perfection in life’s every field. Besides this, his respect for elders, his diligence towards his duty, his might, his devotion towards Krishna, and his practice of Dharma made him the real hero.



Will Mahabharata Happen Again?


According to Vedic Cosmology, time is considered infinite and cyclic. Furthermore, even the space and the universe are cyclical. This is because both the space and the universe neither have a start nor an end.

It is said that the current universe is the beginning of the present cycle of the Universe. This means there were countless universes before our current universe. Furthermore, there would infinite number of universes that would follow our current universe.

Besides this, we humans experience time linearly. This means what happens in past has gone and will never come back. In other words, we cannot go back in time.

However, as per Santana Dharma, time is not linear. Rather, it is cyclic. 

In Hinduism, it is believed that Brahma wakes up every morning and creates multiple universes, earth, and humans. In addition to to this, the four Yugas quickly come one after the other. Just like four quarters in a day.

When the evening comes, Brahma ceases everything and sleeps.

Therefore, in Hinduism, time functions on the philosophy that everything happening now has happened before. And will happen again.

According to Science, this is explained via the concept of Parallel Universes. As per this concept, there is a possibility that there are other Universes far away from our universe. 

There is even a possibility that there exists planet Earth just like ours in some other universe. This means who might be experiencing the current moment somewhere else.

As per Science and Vedic Scriptures, there is a possibility you may be living in the past or the future at present.

This means you might be living in the era of either Ramayana or Mahabharata or some other period at present in some other universe.  

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