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.

1. VALUES
OF
MAHABHARATA
• BY BHANU SAINI
• 23BCON0138

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
• KARNAN
• ARJUNA
• ABHIMANYU &
GHATOTHKATCH
• KARNAN –
DURYODHANA
• PANDAVA BROTHERS
• EKALAIVAN
• YUDHISTHIRA
• BHIMA
VALUES
GENEROSITY
COURAGE
COMMITMENT
TRUE FRIENDSHIP
UNITY
DISCIPLINE
PATIENCE
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. 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.
• ■Shalya: Simply cheated by Duryodhana to be
there. Was originally a Pandava ally.
• ■Karna To prove his mantle against Arjuna.
Friendship for Duryodhana.
• They didn’t get well with each other. Bhishma and
Karna. Bhisma and Shauna, Karna and Shakuni.
Karna and Shalya. Shalya and Bhishma.

13. TEAM SPIRT
• 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.

14. 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.

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