'This story is such a strange one..'
'..that sometimes even I'm perplexed by it..'
'..and I begin to feel that..'
'..I must accuse myself of partiality.'
'But this is against my very nature..'
'..and I do my best..'
'..not to violate its limits.'
'This is one such moment.'
'It's true that no king will be happy to see..'
'..another king performing the Rajsuya ritual..'
'..since every king dreams of performing it himself..'
'..irrespective of whether he's capable of it or not.'
'But Karna, king of Ang, does not even dream of this.'
'His eyes are empty of any emotion.
'May be they are in search of a dream.'
Karna, how come you are alone today?
Come, uncle. Come.
You did not answer my question.
I've no place in a family gathering.
I am an outsider.
Even I am an outsider.
Neither you nor I am a Kuru.
In painful such moments, I wonder..
..what it would be like to be part of a family.
The soul gets sustenance.
There's no greater punishment than being alone.
I will accept the penalty..
..but at least tell me what my crime is?
In this lonely moment..
..I am mourning the death of brave Shishupal.
Is it not surprising..
..that not a single warrior registered his protest?
You, too, were there.
We all kept quiet. Even you kept quiet.
There was only one reason.
That none of us has an answer to shrewd Krishna.
You are a great warrior, Karna. A great warrior.
But even great warriors have to think sometimes.
So, Karna, think.
Think of a way to counteract against Krishna.
Duryodhan!
Uncle!
I've listened to you for too long!
I'm not a dice in your hands!
I'm Duryodhan!
All your conspiracies have failed so far.
Didn't you want to stop Yudhishthir..
..from becoming the Crown Prince of Hastinapur?
Today he has performed the Rajsuya ritual.
Not only did we have to attend it..
..but we also had to show that we were pleased.
- Be patient, Duryodhan. - I don't know how to be patient!
Be sure of another thing.
They are not satisfied with Indraprasth.
They have their eyes on Hastinapur. On Hastinapur.
Duryodhan, I'm not their friend..
..but I can't believe that they want Hastinapur.
In that case..
..why did they shout 'Hail Hastinapur' after the coronation?
They wanted father to bless them so that..
..Hastinapur will hold a place of respect in their hearts.
They will always respect Hastinapur.
It has nothing to do with Yudhishthir's desire.
I'm not at all worried about the Pandavas.
Yes.
I am worried about you..
..because you never know what to say and when to do.
Let them be happy for a few days.
Don't be fooled by the still water.
There is great turmoil going on under the still water.
Currents are crossing each other's path.
Believe me, Duryodhan..
..I have acquired mastery in this game.
You just keep quiet and watch.
Guru, I was coming to see you.
I'm returning to Dwarika, so I wanted to say farewell.
Krishna, what do you wish me to do?
Kripacharya, you're the family precept of the Kurus.
Who can give you orders?
Come Drupad, my friend. Come.
Please have a seat.
- How are you? - I'm fine.
I'm returning to Kampilya.
I wanted you to bless my son.
This is my son, Dhrushtadhyumn. Son, touch the Guru's feet.
May you live long!
I always bless him with that.
Bless him so that he will succeed in his mission.
What obstacle a son born from sacred fire can face?
Which means, you won't bless him?
Of course, I will.
May you succeed in your mission!
I am fortunate to meet you here.
You're going to Kampilya and I, to Dwarika.
Did you meet Draupadi?
I am here to say farewell to Guru.
We are leaving.
Farewell, my friend.
Farewell, Dhrupad.
Let's see when and where we meet.
Come, my son.
Greetings.
- Sit, Krishna. - You, too.
- When are you leaving? - Today.
Krishna, I'm sure you can see what I am seeing.
What do you see?
There's another problem which..
..people like Bheeshma and I'll have to face.
We will all burn in the fire of jealousy..
..in which Duryodhan is burning.
Only you can protect us.
No, sage!
Every person has to protect himself.
Whether it is you or Bheeshma or Kripacharya.
You all are like the constellations.
If you change your path who can save the earth from turmoil?
Meaning?
It means..
..you should always side with the truth.
Only you can save Hastinapur and the whole of India.
No, grandsire. No.
Even I'm helpless I this matter.
Everyone is responsible for what is going to happen.
Some more than the others.
As the eldest in the Kuru clan..
..your responsibility is the greatest.
Duryodhan doesn't listen to me, Krishna.
Duryodhan doesn't listen to me.
That is your problem.
Therefore, think carefully in the mean time.
Does your oath absolve you of your responsibility?
If yes, then why are you worried?
If not, think of the answers to the questions..
..the future will ask you.
Krishna, what questions can anybody ask this blind man?
Sire, stop hiding behind your blindness..
..and face the reality of life.
You divided the kingdom..
..but ambition cannot be divided, right?
This kingdom belongs to the future generations..
..to come after Duryodhan and the Pandavas.
History will hold you responsible.
I'm returning to Dwarika..
..but my mind will always be here.
I have only one request!
Prevent what is about to happen.
Krishna, may I ask why you're in a hurry to leave?
Whether I leave today or tomorrow, I have to leave some day.
You don't seem sorry to leave us.
I'm not leaving you today and I'll never be able to leave you.
But you can leave us?
Are you separate from Arjun?
I thought of you as five bodies but one soul.
If not, what right can you have over them?
Life is not a gamble.
Life is consciousness. Politics is also consciousness.
It doesn't depend on which way the dice rolls.
You all are what you are because you are not one, but five.
- And yet, you are not five, but one. - But you are going?
I want to stay on so he wants to leave.
Wait for a few more days, Krishna.
Aunt Kunti will be happy.
Would I leave if it was not urgent?
We are not at our aunt's house.
Then where are we?
We'd come to attend Rajsuya ritual of the king of Indraprasth.
Everyone who attended has left or is leaving.
Ask brother how many are still here.
Uncle is also leaving tomorrow.
Only uncle Shakuni and Duryodhan will stay for a few days.
The royal assembly hall has mesmerized Duryodhan.
What has mesmerized uncle?
Uncle? He must be mesmerized by Indraprasth.
Give me one good reason, uncle.
Are we waiting here to be insulted?
Uncle can stay on if he wishes.
Even you can stay on if you wish.
But I..I will leave with the King.
Even I'm feeling restless.
All of you can go but I'll stay on for a few days.
But why? Do you want to be insulted?
I am not waiting to be insulted.
I'm waiting for Krishna to leave.
- Krishna? - Yes.
Why should Krishna's staying or leaving matter to us?
Karna, Krishna's stay matters the most to us.
Because, no one else but he knows..
..how to deal with my conspiracies. No one else.
Come.
I wanted you to keep smiling at Subhadra..
..and you're already doing that!
I told Subhadra that you love her but she was still feeling scared.
Brother, at least fear God.
Fear whom? O I see, God!
I'll fear him if you say so!
But do not fear Draupadi. She loves you very much.
I wasn't worried about it.
Are you creating a fight between us?
Don't listen to him, Subhadra.
Draupadi is right. He is used to telling tales.
When we were young, he would cheat while playing..
..and then would complain to mother that I was teasing him.
And mother would scold me.
Don't worry, brother.
I've known him for ages.
Look, Krishna.
You cannot make us quarrel.
She's not my rival. She's your younger sister.
She's my responsibility.
I'll look after Subhadra.
You look after the world.
Okay. I'll look after the world.
Come, brother.
Now Krishna has gone. So have Grandsire and father.
Now what?
I won't tell you yet. I won't.
My last game is about to begin.
You keep quiet and watch.
Now, emperor Yudhishthir and I will play game of dice.
Emperor Yudhishthir!
Game of dice, uncle? A game of dice.
You've stayed back to play the game of dice?
Don't speak with disrespect about the game of dice.
Don't speak with disrespect.
I've worshipped them all my life.
Yes.
These are not mere dice. They're my soldiers.
Do not forget that till date..
..they have never been defeated. Never.
- It will be four, uncle. - Four!
One! Two! Three! Four!
Here's your pawn, uncle.
Your dice are not obeying you.
We thought the dice always listen to you.
Haven't you heard of bad luck, Arjun?
So, luck has deserted me.
What will you stake now, uncle?
Why not the kingdom of Gandhar?
No, uncle. Kingdoms are won or lost on the battlefield..
..not in a game of dice.
Okay.
Where's it? Yes.
These are a thousand gold coins.
Now play. Throw the dice and I'll order the dice.
No uncle.
You play lest you'll say later that you lost..
..because you didn't get a chance to throw the dice.
Yudhishthir, you're making a very big mistake.
You should know that the dice always listen to me.
Now look. I need seven to get your pawn.
- So, seven will definitely come. - It won't be seven.
Wait and see.
Seven!
It is not seven, uncle.
A warrior should know how to lose.
But it seems guru Drona hasn't taught..
..Duryodhan to either win or lose.
But I'll say one thing, Yudhishthir!
Defeating Shakuni at dice means that you're now the emperor of dice.
You've completed the Rajsuya ritual of dice!
The Rajsuya ritual of dice!
Yudhishthir, you're great!
"To lose the game intentionally.."
"..that was Shakuni's treachery."
"This very defeat will now.."
"..weave the web of treachery.."
"Weave the web of treachery."
Welcome. Welcome, uncle. Please be seated.
Please take a seat, uncle.
So, you played dice with emperor Yudhishthir?
Uncle, I saw how your undefeatable dice..
..won the game.
I beg your forgiveness..
..for being disrespectful to your game of dice this morning.
You've worshipped them for a lifetime.
It is your battleground! It's your worship!
Military strategy says sometimes it's necessary to lose in order to win.
This defeat will pave the path to victory.
This morning I didn't say that I'm going to play.
What I said was my final game was about to begin..
..and you should keep quiet and watch.
But you cannot keep quiet.
You interrupt me and don't allow me to think.
Duryodhan, now, let me think.
You go and see the royal assembly hall built by demon Maya.
It is a marvelous place. Marvelous.
- Now go. Go. - Okay.
You can just go on thinking. I'm leaving.
My dear, Duryodhan.
'The barren Khandavprasth has become Indraprasth.'
'And this palace of illusion! '
'Demon Maya has performed a miracle.'
'Fascinating! '
'What a lovely sight! '
No! No!
Victory to the crown prince!
This fire!
Go ahead, prince, this is not fire.
Careful. There is water ahead.
Water? Where's it?
Even a maid is pulling my leg.
A blind man's son is blind!
No!
My friend, don't take out your anger on your servants.
Be angry against the cause of anger.
Tell me. What's the problem?
What can I tell you?
A she-serpent has bitten me.
The poison has pervaded my every vein.
What are you saying?
What she-serpent? What poison?
I am burning in the fire of humiliation!
I cannot bear it any longer.
This fire is raging within.
If it cannot burn me completely..
..I shall jump into the fire to save myself from it!
This seed of humiliation..
..has grown like a tree in my mind.
It is growing every minute.
I can see no way to save myself from it.
If the insult is a tree..
..then I have the strength to uproot it.
If the insult is a sea of fire..
..then I shall cool it with the shower of my arrows.
- And if.. - Karna, I'm proud of your friendship.
I know that if need be..
..you'll give up your life to increase my life span.
If death stands before me..
..you'd be willing to die in my place.
But no!
This is an insult..
..and it has to be avenged personally..
..or the wound will become deeper.
I don't understand.
Who on earth can dare to insult you?
Even Lord Indra will not dare..
..to insult a brave warrior like you.
I have been insulted by Draupadi the woman with five husbands.
I'll definitely avenge my humiliation!
I will even avenge your insult.
Her insulting words still pinch me..
..which she'd used for you at the time of her marriage ceremony.
She did not insult me then.
She merely showed me my place in the court.
Even though you made me the king of Ang, I am still a charioteer's son.
I'll remain the son of a charioteer..
..until my real mother comes forward to prove my identity.
Till that day your friend will be like the setting sun.
And like the setting sun, he is a prisoner of a dark cave.
So, do not talk about my humiliation.
But Draupadi must be punished for your insult.
Allow me..
..to avenge this insult by defeating Indraprasth.
Or else, gather an army..
..and let's storm Indraprasth.
Karna, why do you always talk of the battlefield?
Being a warrior does not mean..
..that your bow should always be drawn.
How else do we avenge this insult?
With intelligence which is the best weapon of all.
I'd say that since the Pandavas have performed Rajsuya ritual..
..Hastinapur, too, should have a celebration in their honor.
Along with that there will be the game of dice.
I've already lost once to emperor Yudhishthir.
So, shouldn't I get another chance?
I give you my word, Duryodhan..
..that I'll go into exile..
..if this time, I don't turn emperor Yudhishthir into a pauper.
At Indraprasth I didn't lost without a purpose.
This defeat will pave the way to your victory.
Allow me to leave.
Karna, you should leave because..
..you will not understand this sensible talk.
The word conspiracy doesn't exist in my dictionary.
Salutations.
Your friend is really stupid.
I only tolerate him..
..because I fully trust his loyalty to you.
Yes.
Politics has a place for such fools.
They are expendable weapons in war..
..or expendable pawns in dice.
What was I saying?
I will use my defeat at Indraprasth..
..to pave the way to your victory.
Even you will see..
..that these are not mere dice.
This is my undefeatable army.
No, uncle. The Pandavas are not so stupid.
They will not come here to play dice.
They'll come. They'll definitely come.
Because, no warrior can resist..
..an invitation to war or dice.
This is the tradition of the warrior race..
..which the Pandavas cannot violate.
Besides, king Dhritrashtra will invite them.
The Pandavas got Indraprasth from this place.
They will lose it here.
And Draupadi?
Uncle, what about avenging my insult?
I'll think of that, too! Yes.
But father!
He will not permit it.
You don't realize his love for you.
Can he deny you anything you desire?
That can never be!
Besides, do not forget..
..he has no real cause to like Indraprasth.
He did go to Indraprasth, but didn't return happy from there.
Yudhishthir has shattered another dream of his.
He wanted you to perform the Rajsuya ritual.
Then he will agree?
Why don't you ask and see? Yes!
And why delay the matter? Yes.
Don't worry. Let's go to him at once.
Come, Shakuni.
- Greetings, my king. - Have a seat.
I don't understand how you can recognize everyone's footsteps..
..but cannot recognize your own.
I don't understand.
You understand what you want to understand.
What you do not want to understand you refuse to understand.
However, it is my duty to explain that, Duryodhan's condition is not good.
What? What's wrong with my son?
You know very well what's wrong with him.
His disease is called Indraprasth.
The cure is also Indraprasth.
You're his father.
Why don't you ask him about it?
May be I have made a mistake in diagnosis.
How can I find out?
I have met him only once after returning.
Even Gandhari is worried about him.
What's the point of only worrying?
I cannot give him Indraprasth.
- But that is the cure. - No!
No! No, Shakuni.
I cannot do that injustice.
Even if I want to, it is not possible.
The Pandavas are very powerful now.
You are right and yet..
..we cannot let Duryodhan remain unhappy.
He is my sister's eldest son.
We have to do something to divert his mind.
Of course. Of course, Shakuni.
I'm prepared to do anything to divert his mind.
Well then, ask Duryodhan what he wants.
Come, Duryodhan. Come.
Greetings, father.
May you live long!
After how long have you come to me?
Don't you know that the day..
..you don't come and talk to me is a wasted day?
I beg your forgiveness.
Your uncle tells me that you are not well.
Have you consulted the royal physician?
Father, he doesn't have a cure for my illness.
What's wrong with you?
Father, I have been insulted.
- Insulted? - Yes. I have been insulted.
I have spent sleepless nights ever since.
I have been restless.
Duryodhan, we'll organize something to divert your mind.
I feel that since the Pandavas, have performed the Rajsuya ritual..
..should not Hastinapur, congratulate its victorious sons?
- Do invite them, sire. - Yes, father.
I thought you'd not like it so I didn't invite them.
If that is what you want, I'll invite them.
Let the citizens of Hastinapur..
..see that I did no injustice..
..by giving them Khandavprasth.
Of course.
Their coming here will also please me.
Sometimes we will go for hunting..
..and sometimes we'll play the game of dice.
Of course! Nothing can be more entertaining than gambling.
Shakuni, why don't you say..
..you want to avenge your defeat in Indraprasth?
What's wrong with that?
Okay. I'll consult Vidur about it.
Why consult uncle Vidur about everything?
Looks like we can't even breathe without consulting uncle!
Father, whether you believe it or not..
..but he is definitely on the Pandava's side.
If you do not wish to invite them, allow me..
..to attack Indraprasth!
- But.. - Dear, nephew!
Why fight a war you are bound to lose?
Uncle, it's an honor to die fighting such a war.
- But, son! - Dear, nephew!
Why do you always get angry?
If the king wishes to consult Vidur..
..let him do so.
Can Vidur oppose your invitation to your brothers?
"His son Duryodhan's unhappiness.."
"..Dhritrashtra could not bear."
"Shakuni has turned upside down.."
"..the tactics of ethics and religion."