Relationships are strange things.
Often dictated by temptation.
There's a difference between temptation and penance.
Penance means separating the soul from the body's needs.
Temptation means compulsive acquisition of things.
Temptation and penance are..
..the two currents of this story.
Dhritrashtra represents love for his son while..
..Bhishma represents filial love.
Queen Sudeshna is trapped in her brother's love.
She has erred by sending Draupadi to Keechak..
..without thinking about the result.
Temptation rarely thinks of the result.
This is not Draupadi going to Keechak's palace..
..but the result of Sudeshna's temptation.
Hail commander!
Come, Sairandhri.
I have come to fetch wine for the king.
You are yourself a rare wine.
Today I shall drink from your eyes.
Commander!
You cannot run away and hide from me in Virat.
Where will you go?
Save me, O King!
Uncle!
Save me, O King!
O King!
- King! - Sairandhri!
King!
Panchali?!
What are you doing here?
I wanted fuel for the kitchen.
Then go out and fetch it.
But remember!
Every leaf of the tree that protects you is respectful.
Understood?
Now go!
Coward!
The citizens are like your children O king.
Wearing the crown implies the responsibility..
..of protecting the citizens.
The throne on which you are seated..
..is a sacred place.
I am a helpless woman.
Protect me.
I accuse Commander Keechak..
..of trying to molest me..
..and that, too, in the king's presence.
The king himself.. witness to the act..
..as are the other courtiers.
The blood on my blameless lips is also a witness..
..to my humiliation.
Will you punish Commander Keechak..
..or this evidence?
O King of Matsya!
Will you, like the King of Hastinapur..
..quietly accept a woman's humiliation?
O Keechak! This is a shameful behaviour.
Don't think that..
..my tormentor can escape alive.
By Lord Shiva, that's impossible,
I am the wife of those brave warriors..
..whose name strikes terror..
..in the heart of all warriors..
My husbands give before being asked..
..so as to avoid embarrassment.
O King of Matsya!
Is that the only penalty you can award him?
A mere scolding for his shameful behaviour?
O Sairandhri! Maybe your divine husbands..
..are unable to protect you at this juncture.
Remember forgiveness is the best religion..
Forgiveness is truth and piety.
Forgiveness is penance and religion.
Your husbands do know about your humiliation.
Let them take action.
Now go to the Queen and help her..
..because that is your duty.
Kank! Today I realized how wise you are..
..because I did not know how to answer her.
Had Kank not spoken in between..
..and had you thought of an answer..
..you would still not be able to stop me.
What happened?
Don't pretend, my queen.
You had sent me to your brother.
Yes, I am to blame.
My brother's love had made me helpless..
..and I forgot that a woman's honour..
..is more valuable than a brother's love.
If you wish..
..I will have him punished for his crime.
That will not soothe my humiliation.
Keechak has not only insulted me..
..but also my powerful husbands.
He will not live for another day.
Prepare for his funeral..
..because he will not live to see tomorrow's sunrise.
I will not curse him..
..because he is unworthy of my course.
I am informing you of his death.
Till I see his corpse, I will not wipe this blood.
Nor will I have a bath and change my clothes.
These are harsh words, Sairandhri.
I am using these harsh words because..
..I do not know harsher words than these.
Forgiveness is piety and truth.
Forgiveness is divine, Sairandhri.
Forgive my brother.
If you can place yourself in my position..
..and order me to forgive him..
..then I will forgive that evil man.
Can you order me?
If not, then get ready..
..to weep over your brother's corpse.
No, Sairandhri! No.
No.
How can you sleep so peacefully.. O great warrior..
..when your wife has been humiliated?
You are sleeping!
If you are not a corpse, then get up!
Had elder brother not stopped me..
..in the royal court..
..I would have killed Keechak on the spot.
your brother is an expert at preventing..
..but he is unable to stop his hands from playing dice.
I want to ask you just one question.
Are you going to watch..
..my humiliation quietly?
And tolerate it?
So, son of Kunti! Give me one reason..
..to go on living?
If you wish that I go on living..
..then kill him like an elephant..
..crushes a bug.
Whose name is Keechak.
How dare he molest your wife?
If he lives to see tomorrow's sunrise..
..then I'll not live to see the sunset.
Try to understand my sorrow, O Bhim!
This is the sorrow..
..of Draupadi, the queen of the Pandavas.
Look at my brave husbands!
They are bowed by the enormous weight..
..of Yudhishthir's dice.
Drowned in the sea of humiliation.
Listen to me..
No! Today you listen to me.
I am the woman..
..whose five husbands swore by the fire God..
..to protect her.
What happened to that oath?
Shame on my strength.
If we are to fulfill our vows..
..regarding Duryodhan & Dushasan..
..then our exile must be successful.
That is why brother stopped me.
Do you want to say that..
..you will not avenge my humiliation?
If you want Keechak dead by sunrise..
..then he will be dead by then.
Tell Keechak that you are in love with him..
..but you are afraid of your husbands.
Ask him to meet you at the dance hall at night.
I'll kill him there.
Now go..
..before someone sees you with me.
"The mirror of my eyes..
..reflects the face of my handsome beloved."
"The mirror of my eyes..
..reflects the face of my handsome beloved."
"The mirror of my eyes..
..reflects the face of my handsome beloved."
"Beloved."
"My beloved."
"The mirror of my eyes reflects the face of my handsome beloved."
"The mirror of my eyes..
..reflects the face of my handsome beloved."
"Beloved.."
Why did you stop?
You are a proficient singer
O warrior! Why are you pursuing me thus.
My husbands cannot hurt you..
..but they will kill me.
That is the reason why..
..I dare not even smile at you.
Even now someone may be spying on us.
They'll know about us.
Don't be afraid. I'll kill them.
Listen to what my heart says.
We can meet on the sly.
No one should know about our love.
If you agree only then I'll be yours.
I'll do anything to attain you.
Then tonight at the dance hall.
I'll be waiting for you.
How touching is this darkened silence.
In a moment our union will bring light..
..in which you will see me in a new form.
I am eagerly waiting to embrace you.
What's stopping you?
I was waiting for this moment.
O how I waited for this moment!
You..
Even I was waiting for this moment.
I have honoured your oath.
He will not see tomorrow's sunrise.
"Keechak lost his life.. because he played with fire."
"Draupadi's tears..
..have got back their honour."
"Have got back their honour."
Why this light?
This chain of lamps!
Greetings, Grandsire.
Welcome Shakuni!
You need not get up to welcome me.
- Please be seated. - No, Grandsire.
- No, you be seated. - No, you have a seat.
- No, Grandsire, you have a seat. - Please, have a seat.
I was returning from Gandhari..
..When I saw your palace all lit up.
Today is not the festival of lights.
I was tired of the darkness..
..so I lit these lamps.
These lamps have such a short life.
Who knows? A gust of wind may come..
..and blow them all out.. leaving the palace in darkness.
But as long as they are there..
..let us enjoy their beauty.
They must be countless!
I have not counted them..
..but there are 105 lamps in this room..
..and 105 lamps burning in my heart.
My heart wishes that..
..that this night never ends..
..and these lamps never burn out.
Why are you worried?
If the years of exile are over, so be it!
Like the years, the Pandavas will be finished by next year.
I am not worried about the exile.
I am worried about the failure of my spies.
Spies are important for administration.
If they fail and..
..and are unable to find anyone..
..it will be impossible to protect the nation.
The administration cannot remain subservient.
As the future king of Hastinapur, I wish to know..
..where the nation's five enemies are.
Who has given them refuge and endangered himself?
Why be afraid of the Pandavas?
Nakul and Sahadev are children.
In any case, my 99 brothers can take care of them.
Yudhishthir is caught in the web of ethics.
He is helpless.
That leaves Arjun and Bhim.
Bhim has spend 13 year in exile..
..whereas I have studied mace warfare.
As for Arjun, how can be win he against you?
Uncle Vidhur is right.
A king should keep watch on not only his enemies..
..but also his ministers and guards.
What can I do about my spies..
..who could not even find my enemies?
That's what, worries me, my friend.
Looks like you have brought bad news.
You decide after hearing.
Father has just been told that..
..Commander Keechak of Matsya has been killed.
Keechak killed? Impossible.
Impossible!
But why?
Only six warriors have the strength to kill him.
Krishna's elder brother Balram, Grandsire Bhishma..
..Sage Drona, yourself..
..myself and Bhim.
Then who killed him?
Bhim!
Very good question!
Balram did not kill him.
Nor did Grandsire or sage Drona.
Neither you nor I killed him.
The warrior who killed him is the one we are searching.
Congratulate me. I have found their hiding place.
Come! Let's attack Matsya!
It must be punished for hiding the Pandavas.
I am always ready to fight the Pandavas.
But to attack, we must take the king's permission.
I don't think Grandsire or Vidhur will allow us to attack.
Don't forget that uncle Vidhur, sage Drona..
..and Grandsire receive salaries from the treasury.
They cannot oppose the king or the state.
They are bound by duty and loyalty.
They feel that the king is God's representative.
They will not oppose the king.
So, the decision is in the king's hands.
Yes.
And the king is in my hands.
Don't be sure about your father Duryodhan.
He only listens to himself.
Then shouldn't we try to find them?
If we did not want to do that..
..why should we have sent them in exile?
Why can't you speak straight, uncle?
Because this is not the era for straight talking.
Now, one has to speak by implication.
If you want to survive, learn this art.
Say something but it should mean something else.
Grandsire Bhishma always speaks the truth..
..and so does sage Drona..
..and family sage Kripa.
Then why are they all quiet?
Tell me, O king of Anga?
Truth is only the pleasure of sages.
One should only do what is profitable.
And your advantage lies in Duryodhan's profit.
You are a great warrior, Karna.
Preserve your strength..
..till I call upon you and say.
Come now Karna, raise your bow and string it.
We must attack Matsya.
The Pandavas will not bear to see an attack..
..on the land of their refuge.
They will even break their anonymity to defend it.
Even if they win..
..they will have to go in exile again.
Alright! I'll ask for father's permission.
Why are you always in a hurry?
If either Grandsire or Vidhur realise..
..you want to attack Matsya to break their anonymity..
..they will not allow it to happened.
Then I'll attack without father's permission.
No, never make that mistake.
A crown prince cannot oppose the king.
So, tell the king only half the truth.
Tell him that after Keechak death..
..Matsya has been orphaned.
Tell him Matsya is keen..
..to merge with Hastinapur.
Even grandsire cannot oppose that.
But we are friendly with Matsya.
We went to surprise them.
We have heard that King Sukarma of Trikat..
..will attack Matsya very soon.
If Matsya merges with Hastinapur before that..
..Sukarma will dare not attack.
Duryodhan is right
How can I be satisfied with an inheritance?
The warrior code demands increase in my lands.
The warrior code demands a lot of other things.
Which means you have decided..
..to reject all my proposals.
Should I accept your wax house conspiracy?
Should I accept your dice game?
Should I accept Draupadi's disrobing?
Think of the strange proposals you come up with.
I have stopped sleeping after the dice game.
What if my ancestors ask me questions in my dreams?
What answer will I give them?
If you want to conquer Matsya then let's go.
I am a servant of Hastinapur's flag.
I'll have to go wherever it goes.
"Grandsire Bhishma trembles.."
"..with his every thought."
""Duryodhan's evil deeds.."
"..are inviting death and destruction."