THE MAHABHARATA

Sage Vyasa who compiled the vedas also gave the epic poem Mahabharata to the world. The Mahabharata is a divine work recounting deed of godlike heroes of the golden age of India. The epic has a message for mankind which is of far greater importance than its story.

It portrays to man his own lower self with all its earthly problems, as well as its self with its divine glory. It explains how to merge the small self with the greater self to bring about the union of man and God. The central story describes the rivalry of two branches of royal family the Kauravas and Pandavas and the ultimate battle between the two on the battle field of Krukshetra.


The kernel of the great epic is the Bhagavad Gita which contains Krishna sermon to Arjuna. Krishna represents the supreme self while Arjuna represents one whose higher self is yet to be revealed. The Mahabharata dramatizes the perennial cosmic drama where man and woman are enacting roles in the conflicts of life, and how these very conflicts can be resolved by realising your self.