'With the arrival of the sages, the environment was pervaded..'
'..by the fragrance of incense and ritualistic chanting.'
'The moment I was waiting for arrived.'
'Let's go where the ritual is taking place.'
[Sanskrit chant]
Light the holy fire with the lamp.
[Sanskrit chant]
King of Hastinapur, Dhritrashtra, the jewel of the Kuru clan.
Come.
- Greetings. - Greetings, uncle.
- Bless you!
May you live long!
Come.
Brother, please be seated.
Pride of the Yadavas, sons of Vasudev..
..brave Balram and Krishna!
Sire, it's Balram and Krishna.
- Greetings, sire. - Bless you!
Come, brother.
King Shakuni of Gandhar..
..and brave Duryodhan with his brothers!
Nephew! Nephew, come.
Come, Duryodhan.
King of Anga, brave warrior, generous Karna!
You are welcome.
Come, Karna.
Come, my friend! Sit.
King of Sindhu, powerful..
..valorous, King Jayadrath!
King Drupad of Panchal.
Bless you!
Sire.
- Greetings, sire. - Greetings, sire.
Guru Dronacharya and family precept Kripacharya!
Salutations, guru.
- Salutations, guru. - Salutations, guru.
Bless you!
Salutations, guru.
Bless you!
- Salutations, guru. - Bless you!
Attention! Attention!
Emperor Yudhishthir, son of Pandu, along with..
..respected grandsire Bheeshma, sage Vyas..
..Queen mother Kunti, queen Draupadi..
..and queen Subhadra are on their way!
"The lord of truth reigns over this earth of ours."
"O King of Kings! All kings are here to worship thee."
"O Pride of India! Your banner flies in the sky."
"Pride of the lunar dynasty! The flag of truth flies high."
"O pride of the Kurus! The world sings your praise."
"O Son of Kunti! The sun blesses your Rajsuya ritual."
"O protector of Brahmins! The citizens hail your victory."
"O protector of truth! May you adopt the path of action."
"O brave Yuddhistir! May you win the war of truth."
"Let each new day bring new success and victory."
"Be successful! Be victorious!"
"Be victorious! Be successful!"
"Be successful! Be victorious!"
"Be victorious! Be successful!"
"Be successful! Be victorious!"
At the very beginning I salute..
..sage Vyas all the other sages and Brahmins..
..who've come here to bless me.
Indraprasth is blessed by their presence.
I then salute respected grandsire Bheeshma..
..whose love has protected us from the hardships of life.
I then salute my uncle..
..king Dhritrashtra of Hastinapur, who is here to bless me.
Had he not come, our joy would have diminished.
I humbly salute uncle Vidur..
..whose knowledge has enlightened me.
I also pay humble respects to my teachers..
..family precept Kripacharya and Guru Drona..
..who taught me and made me worthy.
I bless my younger brothers..
..Duryodhan, Dushasan, Vikarna and Sukarna.
I pay my respects to all the kings and warriors..
..who have come here from all over India.
'Yudhishthir, pay respects to your elder brother, Karna.'
You are indeed lucky, O King..
..that all the kings have accepted your invitation..
..and are here to congratulate and to attend your coronation.
I have never seen such an august gathering of sages.
Their presence here today proves..
..that this kingdom and its people are indeed blessed by God.
O King!
Your relatives and well wishers are here.
Welcome them with respect and..
..venerate them individually.
As you say. Whom should I venerate first?
The one who is worthy.
Is it sage Vyas or yourself?
It is neither Sage Vyas nor I.
O King! You are the essence of truth.
You should have realized that..
..there's only one such person in the three worlds.
No one else but Krishna can be venerated first of all.
I say this not because he's dear to me..
..or because I worship him.
Can you not see..
..how his personality dominates over the others just like..
..the moon among clusters of stars?
Who will look at the stars when the moon has risen?
The rising sun dispels the darkness.
Fresh air livens up, a stuffy place.
Similarly Krishna's presence in this royal court..
..has given it glamour and freshness.
Can Sage Vyas accept your veneration..
..when Krishna is present?
Never!
When he is here, none else can be venerable.
If anyone objects, he can speak up now.
Krishna, please take your seat. Come.
"Grandsire Bheeshma has selected Lord Krishna.."
"..as worthy of the first honor."
"Grandsire Bheeshma has selected Lord Krishna.."
"..as worthy of the first honor."
"Everyone agreed. Everyone was blessed."
"Humanity itself was blessed."
"The compassionate were without worry.."
"..to lay the honor at the Lord's feet."
"Everyone agreed. Everyone was honored."
"Only Krishna was worthy of the honor."
Nakul!
Whom are you venerating?
Shishupal!
You keep quiet.
Do not think all the kings have gathered here..
..because they are afraid of you.
We felt you understood righteousness better than us.
So we allowed you to become emperor.
But you have insulted us by venerating this cowherd.
- Shishupal! - Shishupal!
If you say another word, I'll kill you.
Bheem! Arjun!
What's this? Shishupal is our guest.
The king is right, Bheem.
Arjun, do not cross your limits as a host.
Keep talking, Shishupal. Today is your day.
Of course, I'll talk. Am I scared of you?
I don't even believe that you're uncle Vasudev's son!
You've no right to accept this honor..
..which should have been the right of Sage Vyas..
..or of King Dhritrashtra.
O Son of Nand, slave of the late King Kans..
..your honor is an insult to us kings!
Shishupal!
As for grandsire Bheeshma, he's become senile.
His oath of eternal bachelorhood is pretence!
Had he not taken this oath he'd still be..
..an impotent bachelor!
Shishupal!
I swear on Lord Shiva.
Had this not been Yudhishthir's auspicious occasion..
..I'd have cut off your tongue!
He's not insulting you, grandsire.
He's insulting me. Let him speak.
I don't need your permission to speak, okay?
This impotent man made a suggestion..
..and the sons of cursed Pandu readily agreed!
And this imposter accepted the honor..
..no slave would have dared to accept.
Is he greater than king Drupad?
Is he greater than Dronacharya or Kripacharya?
Is he a better warrior than Duryodhan or Karna or Ashwathama?
No!
He is neither a King, nor a sage nor a teacher!
He is an ordinary milkman from Nand village!
Then why do you honor him?
Are you listening, aunt? What can I do now?
Keep quiet or I'll pull out your tongue!
Brother, let him speak.
Have you forgotten my promise to our aunt?
I'll forgive him one hundred offences.
You can forgive him if you want, but I can't.
He has insulted grandsire Bheeshma.
He has insulted aunt Kunti!
He's insulting you and you are smiling?
I'm not smiling. I'm counting.
Shishupal, if there's anything else you can say it.
You can commit three more crimes.
Don't try to frighten me!
You're talking of three insults?
I'll insult you three hundred times..
..and yet you won't be able to harm me!
Someone with no honor cannot be insulted.
Count! That was ninety eight.
You are a cheap thief! That's ninety-nine.
You killed king Kansa who once fed you.
You are ungrateful! That's one hundred!
What do you say now?
Enough! That's enough, Shishupal
You're an imposter in king's garb, sitting among these kings!
Today, I am indebted to you, Draupadi.
When the time comes I'll repay you for each and every thread.
"The Lord has punished the wrongdoer."
"He has nullified his arrogance."
"Tearing a cloth from her dress.."
"..Draupadi comes to the Lord's help."
"Draupadi comes to the Lord's help."
"They are wrapped in the cloth of love."
"He promised her."
"Even the world can't measure.."
"..the way that the debt was paid off."
"The way that the debt was paid off."
'Just like me, the story, too, has a pace..'
'..which cannot be increased..'
'..or decreased at will.'
'But the story is not eternal like I am.'
'It begins at a specific point..'
'..and ends at another specific point.'
'All the action of the story takes place..'
'..between these two points.'
'But every story is rooted in a specific time period.'
'That is why..'
'..if an ancient story has to be retold..'
'..it has to be done from the perspective of the present.'
'I'm trying to do this..'
'..without changing the pace of the story.'
'I will never change it though.'
'I am only omitting..'
'..what is inessential for the present.'
'I will not show sage Vyas telling the Pandavas..'
'..that the next thirteen years will be difficult ones.'
'That will only reveal the story.'
'Time keeps the stories secret under wraps.'
'A killing has a different effect..'
'..from that of a coronation.'
'Unlike, sage Vyas..'
'..I cannot mix the two events..'
'..which is why I stopped narrating at Shishupal's killing.'
'Let us now go back to the royal court..'
'..where the coronation of emperor Yudhishthir..'
'..is about to begin.'
[Sanskrit chant]
- Victory to emperor Yudhishthir. - Hail!
In the presence of sage Vyas and other sages, Brahmins..
..grandsire Bheeshma and king Dhritrashtra..
..guru Dronacharya, family precept Kripacharya..
..uncle Vidur and brother Balram..
..younger brothers and kings..
..warriors, the earth and sky..
..and Krishna, I give my solemn word..
..that I'll protect and respect our traditions.
So, do not hail me alone.
Hail motherland!
Hail Hastinapur and hail king Dhritrashtra of Hastinapur!
On my coronation I also wish to announce..
..that I do not dream of expanding Indraprasth's borders.
I'm content to live within my border.
So, no king needs to fear Indraprasth.
Indraprasth does not need your land..
..but your love and friendship.
I also wish to make clear..
..that Shishupal's killing does not mean..
..that Chedi is now a part of Indraprasth.
Chedi was and will always remain an independent nation.
Shishupal's son, Mahipal will be the new king.
He will be crowned here today.
Mahipal will leave Indraprasth as the king of Chedi.
Uncle, you too take a seat.
Sire, this is my place.
Let Vidur do what he wishes to..
..or he will catch us in some point of ethics.
Neither I nor Arjun have an answer for that.
- Greetings, Sage. - Bless you!
Greetings, Sage.
Sage, please come.
Greetings.
I only wish to see all of you together.
Who knows when and how and under what circumstances..
..you all will come together again?
Why did you say that?
Don't ask me that.
I was not happy saying it, and you won't like to hear it.
I'll definitely say this.
The sun is important in its proper place..
..and the lamp in its own place.
They cannot change places.
If he tries to..
..then it is obvious that he will surely lose.
Okay. I shall leave now.
I didn't understand what sage Vyas said.
Father, it was very simple.
Who doesn't know the difference between the sun and a lamp?
Suppose, I don't..
..then will you explain the difference to me?
What is there to explain?
Each one is different.
Both are meaningless for me.
If someone asks me what is light..
..then, I disciple of grandsire Bheeshma..
..won't be able to answer him.
I'm enveloped in darkness..
..and yet, I cannot define it.
Hence, we should ponder over what Sage Vyas said.
Duryodhan, it's the duty of a king to ponder.
I only want..
..all of you to bless Yudhishthir..
..so that he becomes a good king in the tradition of Bharat dynasty..
..and his name is uttered with respect in future.
Yudhishthir, seek everybody's blessings.
As you say, mother.
Do not look at me.
This is not the royal court but a family gathering.
Go to grandsire first.
Bless me, grandsire.
May you live long!
Bless me so that, I always respect Hastinapur.
In that case what will you ask of your uncle?
Go. Go to him.
Bless me, uncle.
May you live long!
You can never be disrespectful to anybody so why ask for this blessing?
Building Indraprasth does not mean that Hastinapur is not yours.
That, too, is yours.
Also tell him, father that Indraprasth is mine.
Why do you want uncle to say that?
Indraprasth is yours.
Uncle, impart me with knowledge on code of conduct.
That is Vidur's privilege..
Ask this from your uncle.
Yes, my son. Even I have to approach Vidur for that.
As you say, uncle.
Bless me, uncle.
May you live long! May you be a just king!
O King!
You are the essence of truth.
What else can I tell you?
Everyone keeps an eye on the enemy.
But a king should also keep an eye on..
..his ministers, servants and bodyguards.
O King!
All evil stems from hunger and lust.
Keep your lust under control.
Never let your subjects remain hungry.
These are mere tit bits, uncle.
You are a scholar of duty and knowledge.
Tell me more.
Forgiveness is the only way to peace.
All wars end on forgiveness.
The strong who forgive..
..attain a higher place than heaven.
A gardener plucks flowers..
..but never uproots the plant.
Similarly, before imposing a tax a king..
..should always keep in mind..
..that he's not destroying their source of livelihood.
If he does so..
..his subjects will be compelled..
..to tell lies in order to protect themselves.
Remember another thing, O king.
An unjust king can corrupt an inherited kingdom..
..with his unjust deeds..
..in the same way the wind disperses the clouds.
O King!
The king who takes unrighteous path..
..will find his kingdom shrinking day by day.
The king who is tempted by another's wealth..
..bravery, honor, happiness and good name..
..can never find success in life.
Can never find success in life.
"Vidur is telling Yuddhistir.."
"..look at Duryodhan."
"These are the qualities.."
"..which a good king must have."