Gita is known as the manual for life , the guiding principles to lead a good life, a bunch of universal truths with universal applications.
Some say that Mahabharata is story with a collection of all possible human errors. All mistakes from lies, greed, gambling, attachment, etc , for each there is an example in Mahabharata. Few examples : Satyawati wants to be the Queen & her sons the future kings. Drupad ignores a friend!! Drona lives to revenge!! Kunti fools around with the boon & Karan is born! Keeps that a secret !! drops Bheem from her hands!!!
Think of any negative quality of human nature and you will find an example of it in this story. Try it.
And then the fans of Ramayana say that the characters here are trying to live by Gita principles (or at least Rama is) and the story demonstrates other Gita principles too. Dashrath kills Shravan kumar by mistake and lives to bear the pain of loosing his son ...Rama is the equipoised Stithpragya & Gyani!!! Hanuman is the epitome of devotion.
Mahabharatha is to remind us of the Do Nots and Ramayan tries to elaborate the To Do's.
Having an understanding of Gita helps live life....
Think about it!!!
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