From the most knowledgeable and powerful to the very ordinary man and woman, we all have the vulnerabilities resulting from uncontrolled desires, as we see with the players of the great epic of Mahabharata. What is the way out? Who are the role models? The ultimate goal of every human being is to evolve, to touch the pinnacle of excellence but often the world overpowers the best of us and leads us to the trials and tribulations of life. Yet, it is amazing how the simplest of people are at times able to cope better than others who might have greater capacity. The authors explore the teachings of the Mahabharata as a commentary on ‘life is as is’, without any value judgements or complicated theories and hypotheses.