



There is also a tendency to focus exclusively on Bhagavad Gita, and suggest that there is not much worthy in the epic besides Gita



But to give in to these tendencies is to do gross injustice to the epic https://twitter.com/JoeAgneya/status/1101504817271205888 There is a tendency to play down Mahabharata as a "squabble of cousins"There is also a tendency to focus exclusively on Bhagavad Gita, and suggest that there is not much worthy in the epic besides GitaBut to give in to these tendencies is to do gross injustice to the epic

First of all, Mahabharata is an itihAsa as per tradition. It is definitely valuable as a source of historical information



But it is also a text that is central to Hindu religion



And no I am not just referring to the Gita

The Bhagavad Gita is no doubt the most widely read portion of Mahabharata.



But several other parts of the epic do have doctrinal significance in modern Hinduism