The Mahabharata skillfully exhibits methods to courageously bear pain and sorrow, with a view to rise above each. As gold is made solely after it has gone via intense warmth, equally human beings are perfected solely after they’ve gone via intense pain and sorrow. Nevertheless, if pain and sorrow is just not borne with braveness and fortitude, then it festers and rots the thoughts with jealousy, anger, and frustrates the senses into doing evil and depraved acts. As a consequence of his blindness, Dhritrashtra couldn’t develop into King of Hastinapura, though he was the eldest son. This pained Dhritrashtra and he was ceaselessly jealous of his youthful brother Pandu, who was made the king Who Wrote Mahabharata.

Dhritrashtra couldn’t bear this pain courageously. Thus, he was seized with anger and jealousy for the Pandavas. His pain was imbibed in Duryodhana and his different sons, who all remained enemies of the Pandavas from the very starting. Nevertheless, on the opposite hand, the Pandavas have been additionally topic to quite a few griefs, however they got here via all of the pains, as a result of they bore them with braveness and all the time remained on the trail of Dharma. Duryodhana had them burned alive in a palace product of lac and different inflammable supplies. As a consequence of Vidura’s intelligence, they escaped via a tunnel, unharmed. Thereafter, they spent a few years within the forest and suffered many unsavory occasions. Nevertheless, ultimately, attributable to their religion in Dharma they rose above all their trials and tribulations.

At first of the battle, Arjuna is overcome with grief when he sees his brothers, kinfolk, and lecturers on either side. In despondency, his Gandiva (bow) drops from his hand and he sits down in his chariot unable to battle. Presently, Sri Krishna delivers his heavenly discourse, the tune celestial – “Bhagavat Gita”, which raises Arjuna from his grief and he resolves to battle. On the finish of Mahabharata, Yudhishthira is once more grieved and needs to resort to a quick unto loss of life, as he felt that principally he was answerable for this nice tragedy. Rishi Veda Vyasa consoles Yudhishthira that old age and loss of life shadows a person from the very second of beginning. These have been the information of life and therefore there was no purpose to grieve. The kinfolk, lecturers, and mates had all taken half in a simply battle and their deaths got here attributable to their very own karmas (actions), and by no means can Yudhishthira be held answerable for this tragedy. Sorrow and pleasure are certain to alternate in life, and one ought to all the time stay on the trail of Dharma beneath all circumstances. Rishi Veda Vyasa advised Yudhishthira to let go of his grief and rule the dominion as per the dictates of Dharma and Satya.