'The stream that flows out of the womb of knowledge..'
'..has neither color nor taste.'
'It's a cool, clear stream of water.'
'It takes on the color that is mixed in it.'
'It takes on the taste that is mixed in it.'
'If you mix poison, it'll be poisonous.'
'If you mix nectar, it'll be nectar.'
'This was established very clearly in Hastinapur's guru's school.'
'The mace is the same..'
'..but when Duryodhan holds it..'
'..it means something else altogether.'
'In Bheem's hands, it means something else.'
'Guru Dronacharya will stand helpless at the diverging paths..'
'..of his own mace.'
You're all familiar with this weapon.
This is the mace.
Just as you must concentrate in archery..
..you must concentrate in mace warfare.
But you must remember that this weapon should never..
..be used below the waist.
This is the basic rule of mace warfare.
A good warrior will not use his mace below the waist.
Duryodhan?
- Yes, Guru. - Here.
Bheem! Go practice.
As you wish, Guru.
Guru, don't you feel that my Duryodhan..
..will be counted among the best mace wielders some day?
Sure, child. Sure.
Quiet, Hastinapur dog!
I'll teach you a lesson.
Guru, look.
Let's go and take a look.
Archer!
Introduce yourself?
Please accept hunter Eklavya's respects, Guru.
How can you be guru's student?
My respects, Guru's students!
You didn't answer Arjun's question.
I've never taught you.
That's true, Guru.
How, then am I your teacher?
Because I have learned from you.
When I've not taught you how can you learn from me?
Please come to my guru's school and see for yourself.
I learned archery from your image.
I hid and watched whatever you taught..
..these princes at the guru's school..
..and tried to learn.
- Identify yourself fully. - As you wish, Guru.
I'm hunter king Hiranyadhanu's son.
My father was an army general under Jarasandh, King of Magadh.
Will you be my friend?
Sure. If Hastinsapur and Magadh remain friendly.
You're an impressive archer, Eklavya.
It is your blessing, Guru.
This image is my witness.
But you need the teacher's permission to learn.
Your image gave me that permission, Guru.
Then what about the guru's dues?
I await your orders, Guru.
I want the thumb of your right hand.
As you wish, Guru.
'Dronacharya asked..'
'..for Eklavya's right thumb as guru's dues.'
'The blood that flowed from Eklavya's hand..'
'..was in reality the due of Kurukshetra's battlefield.'
'But Dronacharya had to honor the promise..'
'..that he'd made to Arjun, that he would..'
'..make him the world's greatest archer.'
'But there's another archer besides Eklavya..'
'..who is studying to challenge Arjun.'
'Dronacharya doesn't know of it.'
'Had he even known that Kunti's eldest son, Karna..'
'..was learning weaponry from Parshuram..'
'..what could he have done? '
'But I do know.'
'I can even hear the storm..'
'..raised by Karna's arrows.'
Take a break, child.
Guru.
Be the best archer!
Come.
'This is the same Parshuram who fought not once..'
'..but time and again against the tyrannical warriors..'
'..and nearly made them vanish from India.'
'He gave the land won to King Kashyap.'
'The king's son, the Sun.'
'The Sun gave rise to the solar dynasty..'
'When Ideal Man Lord Ram was born in this very Solar Dynasty..'
'..then giving him Lord Vishnu's bow, Parshuram retired.'
'But with the exception of Devavrata, son of Ganga..'
'..he took no other warrior as his disciple.'
The archer's soul is in his arrows.
It's therefore an archer's primary duty to ensure..
..that his arrows are never insulted..
..by siding with tyranny, corruption and injustice.
If any archer forgets his duty..
..all his quiver's arrows will become soulless at that very moment..
..and knowledge will forsake him..
..as if he never had it.
After Ganga's son Devarata..
..no guru had as worthy a pupil as you, Karna.
But if you ever insult your arrows..
..then I shall take back as guru's dues whatever I've taught you..
..at the very time you're in most need of it.
Whenever you leave from here, child..
..you shall go without paying the guru's dues.
"If the student is worthy the teacher's knowledge prospers."
"The student who protects the teacher's honor is himself honorable."
"Is himself honorable."
Why are your eyes colored by competition, my son?
If I notice that I am after all your son..
..but you love Arjun the most then I'm bound to be competitive.
You'd said you wanted to be my student.
God made you my son.
But I myself made all of you my students.
This is a guru's school, not my home's courtyard.
You have the greatest claim to the courtyard..
..but at guru's school the most worthy pupil has a greater claim.
Ashwathama, Arjun is the man..
..because of whom we get a glimpse of God!
Without a test, how did the guru decide..
..that Arjun is the best student?
Okay.
I shall take a test to satisfy you. Come.
Princes, there is a dummy bird on this tree.
That is your target.
Yudhishthir?
Yes, Guru.
Take aim.
What do you see?
The sky. The earth.
No.
Duryodhan
Yes, Guru.
- There's a bird on the tree. - Yes, Guru.
- Take aim. - As you wish, Guru.
What do you see?
A bird hidden by leaves.
Okay.
Should I shoot the arrow?
- No. - Yes, Guru.
Ashwathama?
Yes, Guru.
Take aim.
As you wish, Guru.
What do you see?
Your feet, trees and the bird hidden in the leaves.
Okay.
Go.
As you wish, Guru.
Arjun?
Yes, Guru.
Take aim.
As you wish, Guru.
What do you see?
Guru, I can only see the bird's head.
And now?
Guru, now I can only see its eye.
Okay, child.
An archer should see nothing, but his target.
Your student craves your forgiveness, Guru.
You're the light of my life, Son..
..but it isn't good to be jealous.
Jealousy like a termite eats away a person's virtues.
You're Drona's heir, Son..
..but Dronacharya's best archery pupil..
..is this Kunti's son Arjun.
"He took the gift of knowledge from the teacher.."
"..and gave him honor and name in return."
"He brought fame to the school."
"The pupil, Lord Krishna.."
You sent for me, Guru?
Yes. Call Krishna.
As you wish, Guru.
My respects, Guru.
I kept you back to satisfy your mother..
..on the excuse of education.
But this doesn't befit a guru.
So, you two brothers leave before sunrise..
..for Mathura without meeting your mother.
As you wish, Guru.
But mother is waiting for us for dinner.
First, may I go there before leaving for Mathura?
You'll first go wherever you wish!
How can I go, Guru?
I must pay my guru's dues, first.
Playing games with me, Supreme Sportive Being, Krishna?
Guru, even in sport, I must do my duty.
Without paying guru's dues, the student has no claim to knowledge.
Do you want me to leave without doing this?
I leave the guru's dues to you.
Give me whatever you want.
I want mother's contentment.
I, wish that, too..
..but a guru can't be selfish.
Guru, but a pupil can be selfish, can't he?
Mother gave me the love only a mother gives to her own son.
I can never leave that love.
But where will you search for him?
It happened so many years ago.
After you both leave, she'll learn to live without a son.
Guru, I'll definitely go in search of him.
But where will you look for him?
I must go..
..where the sage's son went missing.
Mother!
Mother, won't you come for dinner?
I won't let you go.
Mother, I'm indebted to your love.
I cannot leave without fulfilling that debt.
Who's asking you to leave?
I have even forgotten my son after getting you, child.
Have you seen me ever cry for him?
Child, I'm not comparing myself to Devaki or Yashoda.
But can you pay back a mother's love?
Even God cannot understand the pain of a mother's heart.
As He is the universal father..
..and not the universal mother.
Mother!
Such talk doesn't befit a Mother.
It's time for Vasudev Krishna to leave for Mathura.
Accept whatever he gives as God's offering.
Yes. He may go. I'm hardly stopping him.
He must go.
But if he thinks I'll let him go with a smile..
..then that's his mistake.
Mother, we must leave. At least feed me today.
I remained hungry in Mathura and Nandgaon, even here.
I'm really repenting being the elder brother.
Brother, whether you're the older or the younger you'll surely repent.
Mother, this is an injustice to me.
As the elder brother..
..I have the first right to a mother's love.
Child, all sons have an equal right to a mother's love.
Come now, Mother. Let's have dinner. I'm famished.
After that we have to search for your son.
Today, when you'll feed the first mouthful to me..
..my going will become all the more necessary.
Why?
To protect my mouthful.
'To protect the mouthful he'd got from mother..'
'..Balram left with Krishna for the land of demons.'
'With this journey, Lord Krishna proved..'
'..that without paying the guru's dues, knowledge is incomplete..'
'..even if the recipient of knowledge is none other than God Himself.'
'There was another mystery to this journey, too.'
'Lord Krishna was to receive his Panchjanya conch..'
'..from the demons.'
'This conch is an important part of this story..'
'..because this conch will be blown on the battlefield of Kurukshetra.'
'So, this journey and Krishna's successful return..'
'..is an integral part of the immortal epic of Mahabharat.'
'Seeing them return, the Sage's wife ran towards them..'
'..with her arms wide and eyes streaming with tears of joy..'
'..and a mother's love.'
Mother.
My respects, Mother.
Son, I don't know..
..if I'm more happy to see you..'
'..or sad to part from Krishna.'
I won't be parting from you, Mother.
Mother, this is Krishna's best point.
First, it's difficult to get hold of him.
And then when one does, then he won't be parted.
May you live long.
- My respects, Guru. - My respects, Guru.
Father!
Guru.
What's this?
We didn't see at all. They gave it to Krishna.
- So, he accepted on your behalf. - Guru.
This is the Panchjanya conch.
For Mother, we took this journey to bring back her son.
We brought this for you.
No, Krishna, It's yours.
It was meant for you.
Blow this to announce the end of the old era..
..and the beginning of the new, Krishna.
As you wish!
"The new era begins.."
"..announces the Panchjanya Conch."
"The sound is welcomed by the good."
"And the evil find it unwelcome."
- Respects, Sage. - Respects, Sage.
May you live long.
- Please come. - Please come.
Please come.
Please be seated.
This seat is yours, Ganga's son.
- No one else can sit here. - Please take a seat.
Please be seated here.
Actually, I was just talking to Vidur about you.
What news from guru's school?
My pupils are studying well.
The time is ripe for Hastinapur to see..
..what and how well their princes have learned.
There is no need to ask Sage Drona..
..what and how well his students have learned.
I'm sure they have all been taught everything.
Don't talk like a minister, Vidur.
Sage, I'm sorry.
Sage, then shall we organize the convocation on the completion..
- ..of the students' education. - Sure.
The king has decided to offer you as guru's dues..
..a palace..
..one hundred thousand gold coins..
..and a chest of jewels and pearls..
..as a humble token.
I'm already weighed down by the king's favors..
..but a guru's dues cannot be given.
It's meant to be taken.
I myself shall ask for my guru's dues at the proper time.
Sage!
Don't worry, Ganga's son.
No guru can ask for the impossible as a guru's dues from the pupil.
Ask the king to prepare the arena.
As you wish, Sage.
Victory to the king!
I didn't hear you come in.
King, I came as quietly as possible.
Why?
Learn to recognize without hearing the footfalls..
..because a person can change his walk.
And his footfalls will sound different if he changes his walk.
I say forget all other sounds.
Just keep your ears open to the footfalls..
..of your son Duryodhan's future.
That is the very dilemma I face.
Ever since the Pandavas have come..
..the footfalls of Duryodhan's future..
..are getting lost in their footfalls.
Yudhishthir is the eldest..
..and I hear that he's also worthy.
Grandsire just told me..
..that Sage Drona told him..
..that the princes' education is now over..
..and the arena should be built.
Why does Sage Drona..
..always run to Grandsire for every little thing?
Does he imply without saying so that only he matters in Hastinapur?
Sage Drona should have told you this.
It was you who appointed him as guru to the royal princes.
Moreover, now your son has grown up, too.
Stop subjecting yourself to this bitterness.
If they want the arena constructed..
..let it be constructed.
But it's not for the arena to decide..
..who will be Hastinapur's Crown Prince.
It's for you to decide.
The whole of Hastinapur will see Duryodhan..
..prove himself in the arena.
Make him the Crown Prince.
Brother Shakuni, I can't be openly unjust to the Pandavas.
I'm not even asking you to be openly unjust.
Besides, even if a king must be unjust..
..he must never be openly so.
But justice doesn't mean injustice to your son.
Who are we to criticize God's deeds?
God?
What else!
If God didn't consider Duryodhan worthy of Hastinapur's throne..
..why would he send him to earth as Hastinapur king's eldest son?
Are Sage Drona and Grandsire..
..greater than God to take decisions in His place?
Moreover, it doesn't even befit a king to spend sleepless nights.
..in fear about the future.
King, order the construction of the arena.
Yes, order.
'Those who think history is strange.'
'Who carry its pages like corpses on their shoulders..'
'..are often heard to say that the people in the era..'
'..of this immortal story wore clothes of tree bark.'
'They'd never seen diamonds and jewelry..'
'..and silk didn't exist at all.'
'While talking thus, these folks forget..'
'..that history wasn't even born at the time..'
'..this story unfolded.'
'History is actually..'
'..the descendant of great poetic epics like Mahabharat.'
'Had this glitter not existed..'
'..how would sage Vyasa have known of these things? '
'As Man can only try to touch..'
'..what he can see..'
'..or what he has heard about from his elders.'
'I am after all.'
'Time and so, today's learned can't fool me.'
'I'd seen this arena aglitter in the same way.'
'The luster of jewels equaled the light of the sun.'
'The gold filigree on the walls and pillars..'
'..and this arena decorated by rare pearls.'
'Today, I'm standing behind Hastinapur.'
'I stand on my toes, trying to see..'
'..what is happening.'
'All eyes are on the gate..'
'..from which King Dhritirashtra will enter.'
'Men, women, citizens, commoners and people from the province..'
'..are all seated awaiting the royal family.'
'When there's a sound.'
Victory to the king! Victory to the king!
Victory to the king!
Victory to Queen Gandhari!
Victory to Queen Kunti!
Victory to Queen Gandhari!
Victory to the king! Victory to the king!
May you live long.
Please come.
Please be seated.
Victory to Queen Gandhari!
Victory to Queen Kunti!
Victory to Queen Gandhari!
Victory to Queen Kunti!
Victory to Queen Gandhari!
Victory to Queen Kunti!
Victory to Queen Gandhari!
Victory to Queen Kunti!
Victory to Queen Gandhari!
Please be seated here, Sister!
Kunti, recount what is happening to me as it unfolds.
Become my eyes today.
I can see through my mind's eye but even so, tell me!
As you wish, Sister.
Sister, the stadium is full.
The king is on his throne.
On his right is Grandsire.
Sister, Vidur is hither and thither busy organizing everything.
Victory to family sage Kripacharya! Victory to family sage Kripacharya!
Victory to family sage Kripacharya!
Come, Kripacharya.
Greetings.
Listen, when will sage Drona come with his pupils?
Sister, it seems the sage has arrived with his pupils!
Victory to guru, Dronacharya! Victory to guru, Dronacharya!
Dronacharya!
Respects, Sage!
"He is the king of the city."
"All the people are courageous."
"Let there be a beginning of a new era.."
"..everyone is waiting for that."