The physical level of mahabharata

Let us start from the rig veda Various gods are given names to personify the supreme power man finds unexplainable:
* Indra is the God of Prana or the awakened life-force. ...
* Agni is the God of consciousness, awareness and mindfulness. His symbol is the sacred fire. ...
* Soma is the mystic plant that yields the nectar of immortality. He is also the Moon and the lord of the waters. He symbolizes bliss, Ananda.
* Surya is the Sun which is the visible face and presence of the Deity. He symbolizes the enlightened mind and creative intelligence. He is the Divine creator and transformer.
* Varuna, the lord of the cosmic ocean and the Divine judge;
* Mitra the Divine friend and lord of compassion and
* Savitar, the Sun God of creative intelligence. ...
* Usha, the Goddess of the Dawn or spiritual aspiration;
* Saraswati, the Goddess of the Divine Word, of wisdom and inspiration;
* Aditi the Goddess of Infinite Oneness and Wholeness; ...
* Apas, the Cosmic Waters. ....
* Brahma ... the creator ... is Brihaspati, also called Brahmanaspati, the priest of the Gods.
* Vishnu ... the maintainer ... is an important form of the Sun God and later all forms of the Sun God were merged into him. [ Avatars of Vishnu include Rama and Krishna ]
* Shiva ... the destroyer ... is present as Rudra, the seldom invoked but very much respected and feared father of all the Gods. [ Ganesha is a son of Shiva ] ...

We all know that the Mahabharat represents the fight between good and evil of self.Mahabharata represents the fight between our sensory perceptions and consciousness;a conflict between the ego of self to that of the collective universe.

Let us now categorize each and every character of mahabharata:
SHANTANU
He is representative of God, the Para-Brahman, and the father of all creation. All beings evolved from his cosmic consciousness. This is done through his two wives. Ganga (1st wife) She represents the Spiritual aspect of Nature, the Chaitanya, or Consciousness or Maha-Prakriti. Satyavati (2nd wife) She represents Primordial Nature. She is matter. She is the force that manifests into the Universe with all of its sensory, thinking and active beings.Her essence represents the freshness of nature.She chides bheeshma because bheeshma is pure and untouchable.Primadorial nature remains isolated from view but effects one and all.

Ganga
Ganga as the consciousness aspect of Nature is further differentiated into 8 intelligences. Hence the 8 sons of Ganga. - Kutashta Chaitanya, the Universal unchangeable Consciousness or Spirit that pervades the Universe; - The Six Intelligences governing the 3 macrocosmic manifestations, and 3 Microcosmic manifestations of the causal, astral and physical universe; - Abhasya Chaitanya, (the symbolism of BHISHMA), self-consciousness, ahamkara, or universal ego. Ganga represents the channel flow of energy in our body.Our body consist of energy centers which are linked through a system of streams.