'It is true that I am impartial.'
'But Impartiality does not mean turning..'
'..one's eyes away from reality.'
'But this is a moment when one must avert one's eyes.'
'A woman is being dishonoured..'
'..in a country where women are worshipped.'
'I am a witness to that dishonour.'
'But an Indian woman..'
'..is not born to accept dishonour quietly.'
'So, listen to Draupadi's diatribe..'
'..which is still echoing all around me..'
'..and will continue to echo for ever.'
King Dhritrashtra of Hastinapur!
A woman has been insulted in your court.
A women, whose body was untouched by the wind.
Unseen by even the Sun.
In her own house..
..in the presence of Grandsire, father..
..Sage Drone and family Sage Kripa..
..an attempt was made to disrobe her.
What weakness compelled the Kuru clan to watch quietly..
..the disrobing of their daughter-in-law?
Listen carefully.
In this gathering of shameless cowards..
..I, Draupadi, daughter of the King of Panchal..
..wife of the Indraprasth King..
..a daughter-in-law of Hastinapur..
..curse all of you with..
No!
No, my daughter!
Take me to Draupadi.
Draupadi.
I cannot pay obeisance without a ritual bath.
No, my daughter!
No, daughter.
No, don't cry.
- Duryodhan! - Yes, mother.
You have disrobed your sister-in-law.
Now ask Dushasan..
..to disrobe your mother Gandhari.
Why are you quiet?
Order your brother to do it.
Brother Shakuni.
Ask your dear nephew..
..to listen to his mother at least once.
Vidur was right when, on your birth, he said..
..you should be killed in Hastinapur's interest.
But your father and I could not bear to do it.
Had we listened to Vidur then..
..this humiliation would have been avoided.
O ancestors of Bharat's dynasty.
Your daughter-in-law Gandhari..
..begs your humble forgiveness..
..for having given birth to such a son.
None in this dynasty..
..has even touched a maid.
When the heir of such a dynasty..
..molests the daughter-in-law..
..how could you keep quiet?
Did not the curse of a pious woman scare you?
If Draupadi curses you..
..the Earth will not yield grain..
..the moon will not give light..
..the river will not give water..
..the sun will not shine.
Even your army is powerless..
..against the curse.
My daughter.
Your elder mother begs you..
..not to curse.. this dynasty.
Whatever they are, they are my people.
They are your people.
Forgive Grandsire Bhishma..
..uncle Vidur, your elder father..
..and Sages Drona and Kripa.
Forgive them.
I will forgive them all except..
..Duryodhan, Dushasan..
..Karna and uncle Shakuni.
I understand your pain, my daughter.
But Duryodhan and Dushasan are my sons.
Whatever they are, they are my sons.
I beg of you not to curse them.
Not to curse them.
Say something, my lord.
I know you cannot see..
..but surely you can hear and think.
Yes, Gandhari is right.
I cannot see.
But I can hear and think.
My ancestors..
..Grandsire Bhishma..
..Sages Drona and Kripa..
..the Pandavas and Draupadi are witness to what I say.
Neither the past nor the..
..future will forgive me.
My dear Panchali.
Come to me.
Dear..
..my daughter, if you have forgiven me..
..ask for a boon.
Yes, my dear. Ask what you wish.
If you really wish to give me something..
..free Emperor Yudhishthir from slavery.
I don't want my sons to be called slaves.
I free Yudhishthir from the bonds of slavery.
Ask for something else.
Now I ask for freedom for the other Pandavas..
..as well as their arms and divine weapons.
I grant that, Kalyani.
Ask for something more.
That would be greed, my kind king.
A warrior's wife cannot ask for more than two boons.
But I have every right to give.
I return to Yudhishthir whatever he has lost in today's game.
My lord, ask your sons whether..
..they wish to get back what they have lost.
By the grace of Lord Shiva..
..I have seen many pretty women..
..but none was as sharp as this one.
We are no longer slaves.
So, keep quiet!
Don't you dare even praise Panchali.
Keep quite or I'll kill you.
Your talking angrily is an insult to father.
Come. Let's take his blessings.
What do you wish us to do?
Return to Indraprasth and look after it well.
This is what I wish.
But before you leave listen to what I say.
An axe does not cut stone.
It can only cut wood.
An intelligent man does not seek revenge.
So, it is best to forget what has happened today.
In case you are reminded of this day and..
..wish to avenge yourself..
..think of your blind elder father..
..and your elder mother Gandhari.
If you do this..
..it may help to calm your desire for revenge.
Do not cry, my dear, because..
..Hastinapur has forgotten its honour.
What do I tell Hastinapur?
Even my sons have shamed me.
A mother of gamblers asks for your forgiveness.
I was proud of sons.
I thought they were the best in the world.
But now my pride is shattered.
I would never have thought..
..they would insult my motherhood by staking you at dice.
Even I wish to cry..
..but I will not cry.
I do not wish the Kauravas to know that..
..Kunti is capable of tears.
So, wipe your tears.
Wipe them with your own hands..
..and hold your head high.
It is not you who have been insulted.
Yudhishthir has been insulted.
Bhim has been insulted.
Arjun has been insulted.
Grandsire Bhishma has been insulted.
Hastinapur has been insulted.
Sister-in-law Gandhari..
..has been insulted.
Why cry in the darkness..
..taking these insults upon yourself?
Why cry in the darkness..
Do not cry, my dear.
Hail O Queen!
Prime Minister Vidur is here.
Bring him in.
Come Prime Minister!
Hail O Queen!
Is there any honour in being the queen..
..of a land where the crown prince has ordered..
..the public disrobing of the daughter-in-law?
None of the elders spoke up.
There is no honour in being the queen.
There is no honour.
Grandsire, Sage Drona and Kripa all watched in silence.
If the eyes are open..
..man is compelled to watch.
Are eyes only for watching?
Don't the soul's eyes also open?
If they do, why didn't grandsire speak up?
How did he accept the insult..
..of the throne to which he is loyal?
Duryodhan is Sage Drona's disciple.
Is this what he taught him?
If not then..
..how did he accept an insult to his teaching?
Sage Kripa is the family sage.
How could he witness the disrobing of the Kuru honour.
Each person is responsible for his actions.
Grandsire, Sage Drona..
..Sage Kripa..
..are all decent, educated persons.
Each will come to terms with this actions.
I have only come to tell you one thing.
Save the Kuru dynasty from destruction.
I have lost all confidence in myself.
I have not yet recovered.
What will happen? What won't happen?
Who will be saved? Who won't?
Can you not see, Vidur..
..that I have bandaged my eyes?
Take your request..
..to your brother.. or Grandsire.
At this moment, my mind..
..is crawling with thousands of questions.
I am like the tied cow..
..who can see the flames of her burning house..
..approach but can do nothing.
I am helpless.
The mirror of India's honour has cracked.
Let us mourn it.
Mourning will not solve any problems, my queen.
Since your coming you have addressed me as queen.
Have you forgotten that I am your sister-in-law.
When Duryodhan insulted me in court..
..and asked me to get out..
..the king did not scold Duryodhan..
..for insulting his uncle.
How can I call you sister-in-law?
How can I call you?
But I am helpless.
Hastinapur is my land of action.
It's your land of action..
..not a prison you cannot leave.
This son of a maid..
..cannot leave the house of his master.
As long as I can bear the pain..
..I'll bear it.
Besides, I do not wish to think of that day..
..when the pain will cross..
..the limits of my strength.
May I leave now?
Where will you go?
I'll knock on every door of knowledge..
..in Hastinapur.
Good bye!
May God give you peace.
There is peace only in the cemetery.
I don't what peace. I want answers to my questions.
This is a question..
..which India's soul has asked for the first time.
What is the definition of limits?
Is a wife a thing or a person?
If it was right to stake Draupadi..
..then what is evil?
There are many more questions like these.
If your questions are answered..
..please tell me.
As you wish.
Son of Ganga.
- Greetings O Sage. - My blessings.
Please be seated O sage.
Please take a seat, O sage.
I am afraid of taking any seat in Hastinapur.
Is there any way of being free of them?
Is this life or a penalty for a crime of some past life?
If this is not a penalty..
..how did we remain silent at this insult of womanhood?
Having remained silent..
..what else are we living to witness?
I have run away from these questions.
People like you cannot run away.
If you could, you would have committed suicide.
Please be seated O teacher.
Don't such questions bother you, Bhishma?
Don't ask me about my wounds.
It seems I am born to bear such onslaughts.
Each new wound..
..is deeper than the earlier one.
Draupadi had asked me a question in the court.
Had she been my daughter..
..would I have still kept quiet?
That question still troubles me.
Listen carefully, O Sage.
The foundations of an ancient house are trembling.
We have witnessed the breaking of a society..
..which our ancestors had created.
Vidur is a better man than us.
At least he spoke his mind out and..
..did not remain silent.
What was the result?
Did Dhritrashtra listen?
Did Duryodhan stop to think for a moment?
We are all responsible for..
..the blackening of Hastinapur's fair name.
We all are responsible.
We will have to give our blood to wash this.
Blood!
We are indebted to Hastinapur.
It is best that we pay it back in this lifetime.
So, do not think of leaving Hastinapur.
Only Hastinapur can sacrifice us for the future.
Why do you talk like this?
May be he was late but the king did object.
Do you think that the Pandavas..
..will seek revenge and attack Hastinapur?
They may have attacked had Krishna not been with them.
Krishna will not allow them to seek vengeance.
War is still on the other side of the horizon but there will be war.
There is no doubt.
- Son of Ganga. - Shakuni's conspiracies are not yet over.
Shakuni is a curse for Hastinapur.
Our helplessness is such that we know his game..
..but cannot do anything.
Cannot do anything.
God knows what conspiracy Shakuni will hatch now.
I agree with you, son of Ganga, Bhishm.
I agree with you.
My respects, Grandsire.
Arjun, my blessings.
My respects, O sage.
My blessings.
Come sit.
I had come for your blessings..
..and to tell you we are returning to Indraprasth.
Why did you come alone?
Don't your brothers need Grandsire's blessings?
Elder brother did not want me to come.
He did not want to embarrass you.
Had we all come, Draupadi would have also come.
Then why did you come?
I could not leave without meeting you.
God alone knows when and how..
..we will meet again.
I also wanted to ask you.
What should I do about the fire of vengeance..
..burning in my heart?
What vengeance are you talking of?
Whatever Yudhishthir lost has been returned to him.
Not everything has been returned.
Draupadi's honour was not returned.
He didn't punish the hand..
..that held her hair and then her clothes.
He didn't punish the thigh on which Duryodhan patted and ordered..
..that Draupadi should be made to sit on it.
The tongue which called..
..Draupadi a whore was not punished.
Hastinapur is indebted to us.
Hastinapur will pay us back when it gives us..
..the corpses of Duryodhan, Dushasan, Karna and Shakuni.
You will have to accept other corpses with those.
Grandsire!
Yes, my dear disciple.
You will have to accept my corpse, too
- Teacher! - And mine!
Why are you afraid?
Can you not shoot arrows at me?
I am Hastinapur's gatekeeper.
If an enemy wishes to enter..
..he will have to kill me first.
Are you saying that..
..we should swallow this insult?
Who am I to say that?
Each one has to decide for himself.
But I do want to ask you a question.
Who is responsible.. ..for what happened?
Did Duryodhan stake Draupadi?
When Yudhishthir staked Draupadi..
..did anyone stop you from objecting?
If not then you are all..
..responsible for what happened.
We could not insult our elder brother.
Answer me, grandsire.
Do you have his permission to threaten me with war?
My dear Arjun.
I have been wounded..
..and insulted.
My Hastinapur has been insulted.
Our ancestors have been insulted.
And you can only think of your insult!
Go back to Indraprasth, my son.
Think of why all this happened.
Do not wander about with accusations.
Revenge does not solve any problems.
You elders have made a mistake.
The sad thing is that..
..I cannot tell this to Duryodhan.
He is an upturned pot.
There is enough room for water..
..but no opening.
Arjun, there is no opening.
"There is revenge on one side.."
"..and insult on the other."
"Bhishma is caught between the two.."
"..like being caught in a deep river."
"With this insult of womanhood.."
"..decency has been defeated."
"In the game of victory and defeat.."
"..the dynasty has lost its honour."