1 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:42,520 'There are many people in the world..' 2 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:47,960 '..who would like to rob the present of the right..' 3 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,000 '..to interpret the past.' 4 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:53,720 'Such people can't differentiate between.. 5 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:57,480 ..interpretation and distortion.' 6 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:03,400 'Or probably they don't want to differentiate..' 7 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:06,360 '..because of some selfish purpose in the past.' 8 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:13,880 'If the present cannot interpret the past..' 9 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,320 '..on the basis of its authenticity..' 10 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:20,800 '..how can it benefit from the past? ' 11 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:27,360 'The present can never go back to the past.' 12 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:32,760 'It is compelled to move towards the future.' 13 00:04:33,200 --> 00:04:37,320 'However respectable the past may be..' 14 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:41,400 '..it can't be re-lived.' 15 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,840 'Of course, one can certainly try to understand it..' 16 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:51,800 '..in order to improve the present.' 17 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:58,400 'And it is the duty of the present to make this effort.' 18 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:03,000 'There is one more cause of worry..' 19 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,200 '..that many intellectuals also consider..' 20 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:12,720 '..narration and presentation as one and the same medium.' 21 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:17,960 'The poet may say that on hearing something..' 22 00:05:18,040 --> 00:05:22,960 '..a particular character became very happy or very sad.' 23 00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:27,160 'But what is the quantification? ' 24 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:33,000 'The medium of presentation will have to take this decision.' 25 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:39,880 'Because the poet cannot help in this regard.' 26 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,600 'What I want to say is that..' 27 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:47,080 '..everybody has the right..' 28 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:52,600 '..to agree or disagree with an interpretation.' 29 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:58,480 'But is it right to brand an interpretation as distortion? ' 30 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:05,080 'The story I am telling is from the viewpoint of the present.' 31 00:06:05,440 --> 00:06:08,760 'So, listen to it..' 32 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:14,480 '..and try to make it relevant to your life.' 33 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:22,200 Glory to Bheeshma. The king is on his way. 34 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,120 The king is coming? 35 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:31,280 Come, my son. 36 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:34,760 My respects, Uncle. 37 00:06:34,840 --> 00:06:35,960 Be happy! 38 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:38,200 Come with me. 39 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:45,880 Come. 40 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:52,360 Sit here. 41 00:06:56,280 --> 00:07:00,560 Now tell me, what made you think of me.. 42 00:07:01,240 --> 00:07:03,560 ..after such a long time? 43 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:08,800 It is my misfortune, Uncle.. 44 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:14,080 ..that even you think I am against the Pandavas. 45 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:19,160 Don't raise the issue of what I think and what I don't. 46 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:25,320 Now, I do not even trust myself. 47 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:27,720 Forget about me. 48 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:31,720 Because if my word carried any weight.. 49 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:35,000 ..Duryodhan would have agreed.. 50 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,920 ..that the day he faced Arjun.. 51 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:40,280 ..was many months after the conclusion of.. 52 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:43,320 ..the Pandavas' year of anonymity. 53 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:51,760 I've been accused of being partial in my own land, Hastinapur. 54 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,120 And none is willing to defend me. 55 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,840 I am isolated now, son. 56 00:08:03,360 --> 00:08:05,280 I am totally alone. 57 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:06,720 No. 58 00:08:08,720 --> 00:08:10,640 Uncle, please don't say that. 59 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:14,760 Both the Pandavas.. 60 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:18,280 ..and Kauravas are yours. 61 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:24,880 And I am always at your service. 62 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,600 I don't need any service, my son. 63 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:31,680 It is Hastinapur which needs your services. 64 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:36,520 Hastinapur, which is the legacy of our ancestors. 65 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:40,640 Dhritrashtra, just think about it. 66 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:42,920 Warriors fight battles. 67 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:48,320 Some emerge victorious and some are defeated. 68 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:53,920 Some return victorious. 69 00:08:54,680 --> 00:08:58,120 While some die in the battlefield. 70 00:08:58,680 --> 00:08:59,880 But the State.. 71 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:05,520 ..with its roots intact stands still like a tree.. 72 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:07,600 ..and bears the wounds. 73 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:15,560 It can't even die like the defeated warrior. 74 00:09:16,560 --> 00:09:20,920 The State can only cease to exist over a period of centuries. 75 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:25,440 Sometimes I get scared thinking.. 76 00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:30,360 ..that if ever this city is discovered centuries later.. 77 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:36,880 ..and history raises questions about me or you.. 78 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:38,960 ..what answers will it provide? 79 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:42,520 Will we be considered good people? 80 00:09:43,560 --> 00:09:45,160 That we defended truth and ethics? 81 00:09:45,720 --> 00:09:47,320 That we were men of action? 82 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:52,200 I don't think so, my son. I don't think so. 83 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,480 And look at my misfortune, son. 84 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:58,720 I'm fated to go on living. 85 00:10:00,360 --> 00:10:03,080 There is probably not a single moment.. 86 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,280 ..of happiness left for me in the future now. 87 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:11,720 My son, now the Pandavas' year of anonymity is over. 88 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:14,920 Call them back and embrace them. 89 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:17,680 And return Indraprastha to them. 90 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:22,120 I've come to talk to you about that, Uncle. 91 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:28,360 Yudhishthir has written to me from Upaplavya city of Matsya kingdom. 92 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,840 On the occasion of Arjun's son Abhimanyu's wedding.. 93 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,360 ..he has asked all of us.. 94 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:39,240 ..to bless Princess Uttara and Abhimanyu. 95 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:43,520 Even I've received Yudhishthir's letter. 96 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:46,920 But I don't think it is right to go there. 97 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:51,800 God knows what Duryodhan will say or do there. 98 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:55,760 The Pandavas have found an occasion.. 99 00:10:56,560 --> 00:10:59,480 ..of happiness after many years. 100 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,040 Don't spoil it by going there, son. 101 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:06,240 I told sage Drona the same thing. 102 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:09,320 Drupad will be there. 103 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:15,000 It's not right that sage Drona and Drupad should come face to face, son. 104 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:17,000 It's not right. 105 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:29,400 Glory to the king. 106 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:33,640 Prince Shikhandi would like to see you. 107 00:11:33,720 --> 00:11:34,760 Send him in. 108 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:52,120 My respects, Father. 109 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:55,360 May you live long! 110 00:11:55,560 --> 00:11:58,680 Come, sit next to me, my son. 111 00:12:01,400 --> 00:12:05,200 You must have received king Yudhishthir's letter. 112 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:06,680 Yes, Father. 113 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:11,400 Arjun has also written to say that.. 114 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:16,440 ..if all of us don't go to Upaplavya for the wedding.. 115 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:22,920 ..he'll assume that we have no love for Abhimanyu. 116 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,880 So, it is necessary that we all should go. 117 00:12:29,640 --> 00:12:35,560 I think we should go with our entire military might. 118 00:12:36,520 --> 00:12:40,000 They may decide.. 119 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:44,880 ..to attack Hastinapur soon after the marriage. 120 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:52,320 I have grown old waiting for sage Drona's death. 121 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:54,680 I have grown old. 122 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:57,960 As you wish. 123 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:04,800 Father, I too am waiting for a war. 124 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:07,760 My son! 125 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,680 One lifetime's wait has tired you. 126 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:20,280 Sometimes the wait tends to last lifetimes. 127 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,240 Life itself is a wait.. 128 00:13:27,560 --> 00:13:30,920 ..moving relentlessly towards its aim. 129 00:13:31,960 --> 00:13:34,880 If the goal is removed.. 130 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:40,760 ..life becomes meaningless and directionless. 131 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:48,080 So don't be afraid to wait, Father. 132 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:53,440 Sometimes, I don't understand you, son. 133 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:58,240 You stay so differently and aloof from us. 134 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:03,200 When I was in Indraprastha for the Rajsuya ritual.. 135 00:14:03,640 --> 00:14:07,760 ..not only the Pandavas..of course, they are our kin.. 136 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,240 ..but even Bheeshma was asking about you. 137 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:18,800 Even I am eager to meet him. 138 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,760 But don't worry, Father. 139 00:14:25,480 --> 00:14:31,480 Just like you wanted Dhrishtadyumna for a specific purpose.. 140 00:14:32,600 --> 00:14:34,880 ..and he was born from fire. 141 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:42,440 Similarly, I too was born from my own ashes with a specific purpose. 142 00:14:44,040 --> 00:14:46,600 You did not ask for me from God. 143 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:51,360 But I came here on my own. 144 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:55,840 That means.. 145 00:14:56,520 --> 00:15:00,440 ..that the path that leads to my aim.. 146 00:15:01,480 --> 00:15:05,040 ..probably starts from right here. 147 00:15:12,760 --> 00:15:13,920 Brother. 148 00:15:14,280 --> 00:15:15,280 Yes, Brother? 149 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:20,920 The problem is we're going to meet mother after so many years. 150 00:15:21,120 --> 00:15:23,840 So why are you so scared, dear Shatanik? 151 00:15:24,560 --> 00:15:27,240 Will mother recognize us? 152 00:15:28,480 --> 00:15:29,840 Why wouldn't she? 153 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:33,920 Mothers have a third eye.. 154 00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:38,040 ..to see and recognize their sons. 155 00:15:39,320 --> 00:15:40,720 This third eye.. 156 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,560 ..never fails to identify their sons. 157 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:50,280 Even then, had uncle Krishna been with us.. 158 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:53,040 ..this problem would not have arisen. 159 00:15:53,400 --> 00:15:57,240 It does seem ridiculous to say after touching her feet.. 160 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:01,160 .."Mother, I am Arjun's son Shrutkarma." 161 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,800 She won't give you a chance to say that. 162 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:07,360 It would have been better if uncle Krishna had been with us. 163 00:16:08,160 --> 00:16:10,240 Brother Shrutsom, don't worry. 164 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:12,160 Even without any introduction.. 165 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:16,920 ..she will recognize you as uncle Bheem's son. 166 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:21,160 Look, Shatanik, I'll tell uncle Nakul that you are teasing me. 167 00:16:21,240 --> 00:16:22,560 Forgive me, Brother. 168 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:24,840 But the problem still persists. 169 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:28,640 How can we introduce ourselves to our own mother? 170 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:30,960 I don't even remember her well. 171 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:33,000 Don't worry Shrutsen. 172 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:35,560 She will remember us very well. 173 00:16:36,040 --> 00:16:36,800 Let's go. 174 00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:44,280 Krishna, what you did was unjust. 175 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:46,560 Why didn't you bring my sons with you? 176 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:48,800 Sister, I told him so many times. 177 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:50,600 But does he listen to anybody? 178 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,320 Oh, so you are on Draupadi's side? 179 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,800 It's not a question of taking sides. 180 00:16:57,480 --> 00:16:59,040 She is also a mother. 181 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:02,840 Only a mother can feel a mother's pain. 182 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:08,880 Krishna, you too understand the meaning of 13 years of separation. 183 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,560 Call it my selfishness. 184 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:22,000 Meeting a brother is different from meeting a son. 185 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:24,520 I wanted the pleasure of experiencing both events. 186 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:30,280 What can be more heart-warming than.. 187 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:33,600 ..a mother embracing her sons? 188 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:36,760 I wanted to witness this undisturbed. 189 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:39,840 So I came earlier with Subhadra. 190 00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:42,320 You must have introduced them to everybody else. 191 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:43,640 No. 192 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,560 Only a mother has the first rights over her sons. 193 00:18:35,320 --> 00:18:37,000 May you live long! 194 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:43,720 The scent of your hair matches that of Subhadra's. 195 00:18:43,800 --> 00:18:46,120 You must be Abhimanyu. 196 00:18:46,320 --> 00:18:48,760 What kind of a blessing was that, Draupadi? 197 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:50,400 'May you live long! ' 198 00:18:52,360 --> 00:18:56,360 This is a standard blessing for anyone who touches someone's feet. 199 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,680 This blessing is unacceptable for my nephew. 200 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:02,160 It is not enough. 201 00:19:03,440 --> 00:19:07,440 He deserves a special blessing, for he is a special person. 202 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,480 Then you tell me. What blessing should I give him? 203 00:19:11,560 --> 00:19:15,080 You are a mother. The three worlds are in your grasp. 204 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:16,640 Grant him whatever you like. 205 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:22,120 But bless him so that people should know.. 206 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:26,680 ..that it is a blessing from Draupadi to Abhimanyu. 207 00:19:27,520 --> 00:19:30,960 The blessing which you gave him is the standard blessing of Brahmins. 208 00:19:32,760 --> 00:19:37,920 Give him a blessing suffused with the bravery of a warrior. 209 00:19:42,360 --> 00:19:46,600 May God protect your self respect and strength! 210 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:51,280 May history take your name with the same respect.. 211 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:55,160 ..that it will bestow upon your father. 212 00:19:55,960 --> 00:20:00,000 Subhadra's son Abhimanyu, I bless you. 213 00:20:00,360 --> 00:20:03,080 May you make your own identity! 214 00:20:03,760 --> 00:20:07,040 May you be known as the symbol of valor! 215 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:08,800 May God grant you.. 216 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:14,120 Won't you save some blessings for the rest of your sons, dear? 217 00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:25,120 Son Prativindhya.. 218 00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:28,880 ..I can't give you an ordinary blessing. 219 00:20:29,320 --> 00:20:31,200 So, I bless you. 220 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:33,720 You are the son of the most righteous. 221 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:35,280 May you be the essence of truth like your father! 222 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,120 But Mother, how did you recognize elder brother? 223 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:44,200 Your mischievousness says you are Shatanik. 224 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:48,480 Similarly, I recognized Prativindhya by his personality.. 225 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:50,160 ..humility and patience. 226 00:20:51,120 --> 00:20:55,400 Brother was right. Mothers do have a third eye. 227 00:20:56,720 --> 00:21:01,080 Not only does a mother have a third eye, dear Shrutasom.. 228 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:04,560 ..she has an extra heart as well. 229 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:07,720 Only her sons dwell there. 230 00:21:08,560 --> 00:21:10,280 Did you see, Subhadra? 231 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,240 It seems as if we're not even present in this room. 232 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:15,280 I'm off. 233 00:21:15,360 --> 00:21:18,160 No, no. Don't say that, Krishna. 234 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,080 Can you be confined within a room? 235 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:26,320 The heart which yearns for you should be very huge. 236 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,680 But don't be jealous of my motherhood. 237 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:35,720 I'm seeing my sons after 13 years. 238 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:41,200 Go away. I won't even look at you all. 239 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:42,920 Sister. 240 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:46,200 I was only joking. 241 00:21:47,400 --> 00:21:49,440 A mother and a son's bond.. 242 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:53,600 ..is higher than that of God and His devotees. 243 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:59,320 If that was not so, the one you call God would have been visible. 244 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,040 He wouldn't have taken birth. 245 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:05,400 So, shower affection on your sons as much as you want. 246 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:11,400 I must attend to the guests who have arrived for this wedding. 247 00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:18,240 This wedding is very important for the Bharat dynasty. 248 00:22:20,680 --> 00:22:24,920 [Sanskrit chants] 249 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:30,200 [Sanskrit chants] 250 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:35,280 [Sanskrit chants] 251 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:41,600 [Sanskrit chants] 252 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:46,800 [Sanskrit chants] 253 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:50,360 [Sanskrit chants] 254 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:55,880 [Sanskrit chants] 255 00:22:55,960 --> 00:23:00,200 [Sanskrit chants] 256 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,960 [Sanskrit chants] 257 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:08,440 [Sanskrit chants] 258 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:13,440 [Sanskrit chants] 259 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:18,720 [Sanskrit chants] 260 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:25,000 [Sanskrit chants] 261 00:23:25,080 --> 00:23:31,480 [Sanskrit chants] 262 00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:37,600 God bless you. 263 00:23:40,360 --> 00:23:42,080 God bless you. 264 00:23:42,360 --> 00:23:43,720 My blessings. 265 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:51,040 God bless you. 266 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:52,720 May you live long! 267 00:23:54,200 --> 00:23:55,880 God bless you. 268 00:23:58,200 --> 00:23:59,480 May you live long! 269 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:01,280 God bless you. 270 00:24:04,080 --> 00:24:07,880 May you live long, dear! May you attain fame! 271 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:12,440 God bless you. 272 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,800 May you attain fame, son! 273 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:18,960 God bless you. 274 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:25,880 May you be glorious! 275 00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,440 Live long, my son! 276 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,640 Now Krishna has also come. 277 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:01,720 So may we, with the permission of the king of Matsya.. 278 00:25:02,040 --> 00:25:06,840 ..plan for the war against the Kauravas? 279 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:08,800 War? 280 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:13,080 It is not right to talk of war at this juncture. 281 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:14,880 Krishna, what are you saying? 282 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,920 I haven't said anything as yet, Dhrishtadyumna. 283 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:22,800 But I do intend to say something. 284 00:25:25,240 --> 00:25:28,760 I, too, know the history of the Kauravas and Pandavas. 285 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:35,000 I know of Shakuni's treachery in the game of dice. 286 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:40,240 And I also know what all Yudhishthir lost because of his treachery. 287 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:44,120 I know about their exile.. 288 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:46,920 ..and also about the year of anonymity. 289 00:25:48,800 --> 00:25:53,200 The Pandavas who can win both heaven and earth.. 290 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:58,880 ..wandered in forests without protesting just to keep their word. 291 00:25:59,920 --> 00:26:05,040 They spent the 13th year as servants in the palace of the king of Matsya. 292 00:26:06,120 --> 00:26:08,280 Dhrishtadyumna, I know all about this. 293 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:12,320 Yet, you think war is not right, Krishna? 294 00:26:13,640 --> 00:26:16,200 Prince, a war should be the last resort. 295 00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:18,240 The last option. 296 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,960 King Yudhishthir is yet to tell the king of Hastinapur.. 297 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:24,920 ..that they have fulfilled the condition. 298 00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,080 So they should get back Indraprastha. 299 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:31,600 Do you think Dhritrashtra is just waiting sitting in.. 300 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:34,200 ..their father's throne.. 301 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:38,520 ..for Yudhishthir to ask him to return his kingdom? 302 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:42,080 I am not king Dhritrashtra's spokesman. 303 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,600 I suggest that first king Yudhishthir's.. 304 00:26:44,960 --> 00:26:47,680 ..ambassador should go there. 305 00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:51,360 I agree with Krishna. 306 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:53,480 Is war necessary now? 307 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:57,080 Whatever happened was because of Yudhishthir's.. 308 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:58,760 ..addiction to the game of dice. 309 00:26:59,880 --> 00:27:06,760 Why blame Shakuni, Karna and Duryodhan for it? 310 00:27:07,040 --> 00:27:11,200 I suggest the ambassador should be such a person.. 311 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:15,040 ..who can explain Yudhishthir's viewpoint to the king. 312 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:18,040 That too not in an aggressive manner.. 313 00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,480 ..but with humility. 314 00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:23,040 After all, these are blood relations. 315 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:25,920 Wasting water unnecessarily is like insulting the water. 316 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,480 And you are talking of spilling blood. 317 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,600 Hence, whoever goes, should be an ambassador of peace. 318 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:38,960 A peaceful victory is true victory and pure too. 319 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:42,560 Balram, I know that you are not a coward. 320 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,760 But you are talking like one. 321 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,280 I am not criticizing you, but I am surprised. 322 00:27:48,360 --> 00:27:51,680 I am surprised that these brave warriors are listening.. 323 00:27:51,760 --> 00:27:53,800 ..to you without protest! 324 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:59,560 Kindly tell me, why should Yudhishthir plead for his right? 325 00:27:59,800 --> 00:28:02,480 He is not begging, but asking for his right. 326 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,760 Please don't change a right into alms. 327 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,640 I don't wish to use wrong words. 328 00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,800 I can't insult humility by being humble to Duryodhan. 329 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:18,320 I'll use weapons, not words against him. 330 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:23,520 If he does not ask for Yudhishthir's forgiveness.. 331 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:28,840 ..I'll send Duryodhan to his death along with his friends. 332 00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:34,560 Balram, this is not my arrogance speaking. 333 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:40,080 But tell me, who can face Arjun's Gandiva bow? 334 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:43,920 Who can face Krishna's 'Chakra' (disc)? 335 00:28:44,600 --> 00:28:50,040 Does anyone have the courage to face Bheem's mace in battle? 336 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:56,240 Who can withstand Dhrishtadyumna and Draupadi's five sons? 337 00:28:56,600 --> 00:29:00,200 Who is not aware of Abhimanyu's bravery? 338 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:06,120 And you want an ambassador of these brave warriors.. 339 00:29:07,200 --> 00:29:09,000 ..to go and beg in Hastinapur? 340 00:29:10,520 --> 00:29:12,960 I had never thought that such talk.. 341 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:16,520 ..would be tolerated by an assembly of warriors. 342 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,560 Balram, do you think.. 343 00:29:28,880 --> 00:29:32,520 ..that Duryodhan will allow king Dhritrashtra to return Indraprastha? 344 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:33,960 Why not? 345 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:38,360 Didn't he once return everything to the Pandavas that he had won.. 346 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,200 ..in the game of dice? 347 00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:44,160 Besides, honorable men like Bheeshma, Dronacharya.. 348 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,480 ..and Kripacharya are also there. 349 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:48,720 They will do justice. 350 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,880 Ask my daughter Draupadi about their tales of justice. 351 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:58,720 Krishna, there is no need to tell you about all that. 352 00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:01,600 In spite of the presence of Bheeshma, Dronacharya.. 353 00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,600 ..Kripacharya and the great Vidur.. 354 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,840 ..the Pandavas were discriminated against. 355 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:12,320 Whenever I think of my daughter Draupadi's insult.. 356 00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:18,440 ..my blood boils like a volcano ready to erupt! 357 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:24,080 The Pandavas have not violated any ethics. 358 00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:27,760 On the contrary they respected truth and suffered. 359 00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:32,760 Now, just the battlefield separates the Pandavas.. 360 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:37,360 ..and Hastinapur's corrupt politics. 361 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:38,960 Only the battlefield! 362 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:42,200 There is no limit, no vow. 363 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:49,680 So, Krishna, tell me the reason to delay the war. 364 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,560 There is only one reason for delay, King Drupad. 365 00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:01,680 Waging a selfish war violates mankind's code. 366 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:06,960 Is it against the code for a brother to avenge a sister's insult? 367 00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:11,440 Is punishing devious gamblers a selfish goal? 368 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,600 Isn't it the duty of every decent man to punish that man.. 369 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:20,320 ..who brands a virtuous woman as a prostitute? 370 00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:23,480 It is. 371 00:31:24,320 --> 00:31:25,280 It certainly is. 372 00:31:26,520 --> 00:31:29,560 But the soldiers who will fight against us on the battlefield.. 373 00:31:29,640 --> 00:31:32,920 ..did not commit that folly, Prince Dhrishtadyumna. 374 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:37,640 We are not talking of an ordinary war here. 375 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,880 So many people will die in this war.. 376 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:44,040 ..that it will become impossible to keep count. 377 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:47,520 Before we start a war.. 378 00:31:47,800 --> 00:31:49,560 ..it is important for us to ponder.. 379 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:56,160 Are you ready to accept the burden of this mass massacre, King Drupad? 380 00:31:57,840 --> 00:31:59,560 I am not ready for it. 381 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,200 So talk of reconciliation in the beginning. 382 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,120 Let the Pandavas ask for their rights. 383 00:32:09,240 --> 00:32:11,640 Let the Kauravas talk of war. 384 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:16,280 Won't they look upon this proposal as our weakness, Krishna? 385 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:22,280 Not everyone there is foolish like Duryodhan. 386 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:27,840 Other warriors will also pressurize Duryodhan to keep his word. 387 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,600 We should give them a chance. 388 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:33,240 One chance. 389 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:39,880 King Drupad, you are the eldest here. 390 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:44,800 So, please tell us what message should we send? 391 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:48,160 Peace is always preferable than warfare. 392 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:50,480 Then what about my oath, Krishna? 393 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,120 And Draupadi's unbraided hair? 394 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,640 Should we make peace and return to Indraprastha? 395 00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:59,480 And ask Draupadi to leave her hair unbraided for the rest of her life? 396 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:03,520 Bheem, is your oath more important than the people's welfare? 397 00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,080 If we can have peace at the cost of your oath.. 398 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,560 ..consider it a profitable deal. 399 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:43,400 So we decide unanimously.. 400 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,840 ..to send a peace ambassador to king Dhritrashtra first. 401 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,760 Uncle, we will have to take a decision. 402 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:05,880 Only one decision can be taken, Vidur. 403 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:11,480 But before that you will intervene with 'ifs' and 'buts'. 404 00:34:11,560 --> 00:34:14,120 Uncle, I don't enjoy saying these words. 405 00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:17,880 But do try and speak without using these words. 406 00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:23,240 A nation which has conflicting loyalties.. 407 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:27,080 ..needs the support of these words. 408 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,000 I can understand your helplessness well. 409 00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:35,160 But I can't understand the helplessness of sage.. 410 00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:37,160 ..Dronacharya and Kripacharya. 411 00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:43,320 Why can't they tell the king to invite the Pandavas.. 412 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,680 ..by sending a messenger before they send an ambassador.. 413 00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,480 ..and give back their kingdom? 414 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:51,600 Will the king listen to us? 415 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:54,400 Sage, that's the king's problem. 416 00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:59,680 But isn't it our duty to advise him? 417 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:02,600 Of course, it is our duty. 418 00:35:02,680 --> 00:35:05,360 We are Hastinapur's well wishers. 419 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:09,240 Kripacharya, you are right, but.. 420 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:10,840 Once again a 'but'! 421 00:35:12,840 --> 00:35:16,680 Why don't you stop using ifs and buts? 422 00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:23,200 These words are the shield of cowards. 423 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:28,520 Bheeshma, I don't need a shield. 424 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:34,920 But I can't betray Hastinapur. 425 00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:39,000 Will you speak thus even if Hastinapur makes you.. 426 00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:40,720 ..stray from the path of truth? 427 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:47,040 I know the definition of truth, Noble Vidur. 428 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:50,560 It is my duty to protect Hastinapur. 429 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:55,480 Sage Drona, you are not protecting Hastinapur. 430 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,680 You are protecting Dhritrashtra's love for his son.. 431 00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:01,960 ..and Duryodhan's ambition. 432 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:06,160 You are protecting Shakuni's treachery. 433 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:09,880 You are protecting Karna and Dushasan's indecent bravery. 434 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:14,400 You're protecting the poison which will end.. 435 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:19,120 ..Hastinapur and the values of the Bharat dynasty. 436 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,160 It is still not too late, Sage Drona. 437 00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:26,640 Still not too late. 438 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:32,720 Hastinapur's protection is not under the shadow of Hastinapur's flag. 439 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:37,680 Uncle.. 440 00:36:38,880 --> 00:36:40,760 ..go to the king at once. 441 00:36:41,240 --> 00:36:44,480 Go to the king and order him. 442 00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:47,880 Tell him to return Indraprastha to the Pandavas.. 443 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:51,320 ..if he wishes to save Hastinapur. 444 00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:57,480 Neither you nor the others.. 445 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:01,120 ..can withstand Arjun's arrows. 446 00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:02,640 Yes, Uncle. 447 00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:10,800 Vidur, don't try to scare a Brahmin. 448 00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:15,560 Sage, he is not trying to scare you. He is telling you. 449 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:19,960 Nobody can defeat you in a war. 450 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,360 I can die only if I wish to. 451 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:29,640 But does victory lie in defeating the Pandavas? 452 00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:32,640 If there is a war.. 453 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:37,520 ..whether the blessing of victory is given to Duryodhan or Yudhishthir.. 454 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,840 ..but you, Kripacharya and I are sure of losing. 455 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:42,320 We are surely going to lose. 456 00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:47,920 Because we will be the ones wounded and scarred. 457 00:37:49,040 --> 00:37:53,000 If any corpses fall, they will be ours alone. 458 00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:58,400 So, war is not going to benefit either Hastinapur or us. 459 00:38:01,600 --> 00:38:03,800 But, Bheeshma, what should we do? 460 00:38:03,880 --> 00:38:06,960 Sage, we should try to prevent war! Make an effort. 461 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:10,160 Let us go to the king and plead with him.. 462 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:15,560 ..to start thinking of Hastinapur, rather than his son. 463 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:20,760 Indraprastha should be returned to the Pandavas. 464 00:38:24,360 --> 00:38:26,320 Uncle, wouldn't it be better.. 465 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:31,040 ..if we ask Duryodhan's opinion about this? 466 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,760 Are you the king or is it Duryodhan? 467 00:38:35,000 --> 00:38:38,440 It is your duty to protect Hastinapur. Your duty! 468 00:38:39,240 --> 00:38:42,080 But Duryodhan is the crown prince of Hastinapur. 469 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:44,640 Who says that a king.. 470 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:49,760 ..can't take any decision without the permission of the crown prince? 471 00:38:50,960 --> 00:38:54,240 Vidur, do try to speak sweet words at least sometimes. 472 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,480 Brother, I'm not fond of speaking harshly. 473 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:01,920 But bitter truth is best spoken harshly. 474 00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:08,840 Glory to the king. 475 00:39:08,920 --> 00:39:10,880 King Drupad's royal priest.. 476 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:14,360 ..has brought a message from emperor Yudhishthir. 477 00:39:14,600 --> 00:39:16,880 He's asking for permission to see you. 478 00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:25,560 What I did not want has happened. 479 00:39:28,960 --> 00:39:31,080 Remember, son. 480 00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,680 Peace is still within our grasp. 481 00:39:35,120 --> 00:39:38,440 It is still within our grasp. 482 00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:42,200 Vidur. 483 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,040 Yes, Sire. 484 00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:50,520 I will meet Yudhishthir's ambassador in court. 485 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:54,880 Why don't you meet him here? 486 00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:00,600 Had Yudhishthir come.. 487 00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:03,840 ..I would have met him here. 488 00:40:05,360 --> 00:40:10,400 But I must meet his ambassador in court. 489 00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:11,840 Who is the ambassador? 490 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:13,360 Whose ambassador? 491 00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:17,600 Don't shout Duryodhan. 492 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:20,240 We are not deaf. 493 00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,080 He will go back the way he has come. 494 00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,240 Why didn't father send him back? 495 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,080 Instead of sending an ambassador.. 496 00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:32,440 ..they should have gone into 12 years of exile! 497 00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:35,120 They were recognized in their year of anonymity. 498 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:37,400 Essence of truth! 499 00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:40,920 Why play if he can't lose sportingly? 500 00:40:41,280 --> 00:40:44,760 Now grandsire and guru Drona and Kripacharya will pressurize father. 501 00:40:47,240 --> 00:40:50,560 You won the game, Duryodhan, not the king. 502 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,760 Let them pressurize the king. 503 00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:55,320 But the king can't pressurize you. 504 00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:59,080 Karna is right. 505 00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:06,240 Kampilya's royal priest has come as the ambassador of Yudhishthir. 506 00:41:07,680 --> 00:41:14,000 Let us see what he wants. 507 00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:18,400 Uncle, they must have taught him well. 508 00:41:19,720 --> 00:41:22,960 So what? We too are not uneducated. 509 00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:26,360 We'll teach him a few things. 510 00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:32,080 At least listen to what he has to say. 511 00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:39,560 Yudhishthir has fools surrounding him. 512 00:41:41,440 --> 00:41:42,520 Yes. 513 00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:48,880 The danger is from Krishna! 514 00:41:49,880 --> 00:41:51,880 He is very clever. 515 00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:56,480 He will never talk of war directly. 516 00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:02,720 He will trap us with his words. 517 00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:11,600 Once we hear this ambassador then only we will know.. 518 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:16,280 ..what is going on in Krishna's mind. 519 00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:20,960 If we can get rid of this one man.. 520 00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:26,440 ..I will trap the Pandavas in.. 521 00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:34,080 ..an unending exile. 522 00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:37,600 That's all. 523 00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:45,120 Duryodhan, keep a close watch on Krishna. Keep a watch over him. 524 00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:50,240 Don't waste your anger like this. 525 00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:53,160 Don't waste it, Karna. 526 00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:56,880 If there is a war.. 527 00:42:57,720 --> 00:43:01,360 ..you will need this anger. 528 00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:05,120 Keep it under control. 529 00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:08,520 Keep it under control. 530 00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:20,560 I know Krishna very well. 531 00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:27,760 He'll talk of peace first. 532 00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:30,680 Peace! 533 00:43:34,280 --> 00:43:40,560 "Whenever truth needs.." 534 00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:47,560 "..true peace.." 535 00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:55,080 "..evil Instincts raise their head.." 536 00:43:55,360 --> 00:44:01,720 "..to bar the way."