300+ Mahabharata Quotes and Wisdom to supercharge your Life

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3 min readOct 26, 2022

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The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, along with the Ramayana. They have long fascinated cultures all over the world. There has never been a longer poem than the Mahabharata. The longest version contains over 100,000 shlokas (each shloka is a couplet) and lengthy prose passages.

Mahabharata narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the Kurukshetra War and the fates of the Kaurava and the Paṇḍava princes and their successors. Additionally, it includes philosophical and devotional material, such as a discussion of four “goals of life.”

Mahabharata has been guiding the nation since ages, not just as a story of a great war but also as a book of wisdom that gave millions of generations the concept of ‘Dharma’.

Manuscript illustration of the Battle of Kurukshetra
Manuscript illustration of the Battle of Kurukshetra (Public Domain)

Among the principal works and stories in the Mahabharata are the-

1. Bhagavad Gita
2. The story of Damayanti
3. The story of Shakuntala
4. The story of Pururava and Urvashi
5. The story of Savitri and Satyavan
6. The story of Kacha and Devayani
7. The story of Rishyasringa
8. An abridged version of the Ramayana

Mahabharata: At a glance

Religion Hinduism
Author Vyasa
Language Sanskrit
Period c. 400 BCE — c. 400 CE
Chapters 18 Parvas
Verses 200,000

 यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिः भवति भारत,
अभ्युत्थानमधर्मस्य तदा आत्मानं सृजामि अहम् |

परित्राणाय साधूनां विनाशाय च दुस्-कृताम्,
धर्म-संस्थापन-अर्थाय सम्भवामि युगे युगे ||
Yada Yada Hi Dharmasya
Glanir Bhavati Bharata
Abhyutthanam Adharmasya
Tadatmanam Srjamy Aham

Paritranaya Sadhunam
Vinasaya Ca Duskritam
Dharma-Samsthapanarthaya
Sambhavami Yuge Yuge

Here is a curated list of Mahabharata quotes on life, war, karma, dharma, and righteousness. I hope this will serve as a shining beacon as we navigate through Life.

o Men experience happiness and misery by turn. No man ever enjoys unmixed happiness. A wise man, possessing high wisdom, knowing that life has its ups and downs, is neither filled with joy nor with grief. When happiness comes, one should enjoy it, and when misery comes one should bear it.

o Whatever actions are performed by a man under whatever circumstances, he gets the fruits of those actions under whatever circumstances they may be performed. — Mahabharata

o Anger is the enemy of men difficult to conquer and greed is the endless desire. A good man is one who seeks the welfare of all beings, and a bad man is one who has no compassion or mercy.

o The human form of life is a most asset for the living entity who can utilize it for solving the problems of life; therefore, one who does not utilize this opportunity properly is a miser. — Lord Krishna to Arjuna

o There are two forces: fate and human effort — all men depend on and are bound by these, there is nothing else. — Kripa

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