The Mahabharata is an ideal text for peace lovers. So long as we are human beings, we cannot understand and follow the actions of Divinity. But we must accept and follow the actions done by God come as a human being. In the present conditions, if we accept and practice the ideals that were demonstrated in the Mahabharata, all countries will certainly prosper. For example, when Krishna went to negotiate peace and was asked by Duryodhana to accept his hospitality, Lord Krishna said that as he has come on a mission, He had no right to accept the hospitality till the mission was completed. So he declined the hospitality offered by Duryodhana and stayed in Vidura’s house. Such code of conduct was being observed in those days even in political negotiations; the moral mettle of our ancients were of a very high order. Thus every action of the Pandavas and of Lord Krishna in Mahabharata is an ideal lesson for us.

- Summer Roses on Blue Mountains, 1976, Ch 6.