'O land of Bharat! O land of Aryans!'
'O Bharat! O India!'
'Time is warning you!'
'That which benefits the nation is right.'
'Both ethics and politics are of the same opinion.'
'The people's welfare should..'
'..be the ultimate criteria.'
'If you have not learned this from the Mahabharat..'
'..then my narrating it has been futile.'
'There is no greater religion than patriotism..'
'..no greater dream than the nation's welfare..'
'..no greater benefit than the nation's benefit.'
'O Mother! Grant thy progeny the boon of patriotism..'
'..so that they may live and die..'
'..for none other but you.'
'Bless thy children for they stand..'
'..on the edge of their own battlefields.'
'By coincidence, this story..'
'..too has reached Kurukshetra.'
'So, listen to the story with greater care..'
'..because it has reached the moment of truth.'
'The Kurukshetra of every era is the moment of truth.'
'Look! The armies have camped in Kurukshetra.'
"My beloved! By the time you get this letter of mine.."
"I don't know.."
"I don't know.. I may or may not live in this world."
"My beloved!"
"The holy land of Kurukshetra will tomorrow become a battlefield."
"Brother shall turn against brother.."
"..and the sword shall drink their blood."
"The sword shall drink their blood."
"Don't know who and how long they will live."
"I don't know.."
"I don't know.. I may or may not live in this world."
"My beloved!"
"How can the blood be recognized?"
"Blood shall mix with blood!"
"Death shall stand silenced!"
"Don't know till when our destiny will wander like this."
"I don't know.."
"I don't know.. I may or may not live in this world."
"My beloved!"
"It is our duty to fight."
"It is our duty to sacrifice our life to protect our religion."
"It is our duty to sacrifice our life."
"Life and death is a part of life."
"I don't know.."
"I don't know.. I may or may not live in this world."
"My beloved! By the time you get this letter of mine.."
"I don't know.."
"I don't know.. I may or may not live in this world."
"My beloved."
I don't like my slaves wearing crowns.
Place your crowns at my feet.
Remove them!
Place them at my feet!
Your five husbands could not protect you.
So, come and sit on my friend Duryodhan's lap.
You already have five husbands.
What's wrong in taking a sixth?
One day, I'll punish you for this insult, Karna!
Shut up!
You dare talk back? I shall pull out your tongue!
Let him speak! He is new to slavery. He'll learn slowly.
A woman with five husbands is not a wife but a whore!
And a whore has no honor or respect.
Had she been brought here nude, it would've been okay.
Karan!
Arjun!
Come, Krishna!
What are you thinking of?
I was feeding my anger with memories.
Waiting for war is a greater torture than war itself.
I'm fanning my anger to prepare for war.
I am fanning my anger!
Don't feed your anger with memories alone.
What can I do? How else can I feed the fire of insult?
Cool this fire with Goddess Durga's blessing..
..and turn it into the holy ritual fire.
O best among the men!
Brave Arjun!
Durga's blessing is also a divine weapon.
Without it, you'll seem unarmed.
So, call out to Her for help!
Keshav, do you think she will come?
If only your tongue calls out to her, She won't come.
If your soul calls out to her, She'll surely come.
If She sees me with you, She'll surely come.
But I want you to call out to Her.
'Sanskrit shlok'
O Arjun! Why did you call out to me?
Mother.
Mother! Before me lies the holy land of Kurukshetra.
If our war is a just one, then bless us.
O Arjun! You do not need this blessing.
Wherever there is truth, there is Krishna.
Wherever there is Krishna, there is victory.
This blessing means that..
..if your mind strays you do not allow it to do so.
Stand in its way so it will not stray.
This is a crucial test for you.
O Lord Shiva!
What can a mother do..
..when she cannot ask for..
..victory for her own son?
I do not know if this is a test for me or for you.
I have devoted my entire life to your worship.
Guide me, my lord.
What shall I do? What shall I wish for?
Free me from this dilemma.
I don't want to console..
..Kunti in mourning.
Nor do I want her to console me in mourning.
My religion stops me from asking for my son's victory.
But if I ask for victory for the Pandavas..
..my motherhood holds my tongue.
Help me, my lord.
Take me in your refuge, my lord.
Don't just keep sitting.
Then what shall I do?
Pray for your son's victory.
Do you know what my sons' victory means?
Death for Gandhari's sons.
No one bothers who is whose son in a holy war.
In a sense, we are all Lord Brahma's children.
Yet, wars do take place and blood flows.
Someone wins and someone loses.
These relationships are like those stones..
..which drown even experienced swimmers.
Ask for victory for the Pandavas!
Not because they are your sons..
..but because they tread the path of truth.
Not desiring their victory is a sin.
It is like siding with evil and falsehood.
None can remain impartial in this war.
Hence, choose your side.
Impartiality in this war between light and..
..darkness, religion and evil, truth and falsehood..
..means you have sided with evil, falsehood and darkness.
A woman like you should not choose such a side.
You cannot insult yourself like this.
So, do not think..
..who will die because of your worship.
A corpse is a corpse.
Only that person is to be respected..
..who has lost his life for religion and truth.
I understand what you are saying and yet..
..I cannot curse Duryodhan with defeat.
Then ask for victory for Hastinapur.
Hastinapur has a right to your blessing.
Why did you get up? You are the eldest Kuru.
None is older or younger on the battlefield.
A great warrior is one who wins by his strength..
..and not by using magical powers.
Don't talk to me of strength, Duryodhan.
I am Arjun's charioteer.
I will not fight in this war.
In that case, I'll compel you to fight.
May you be successful!
Be strong!
May you live long!
May you be successful!
O Commander of the Pandava army! Brave Dhristadyama!
You are welcome to the Kaurava camp.
Please be seated.
Should I also sit?
I cannot refuse a guest but..
..this is a meeting of men, Prince Shikhandi.
I know that Grandsire.
That's why I have come to meet a great man like you.
May I?
Please be seated.
My respects, uncle.
How are you, my friend?
Fine! How are you?
Well, by Lord Shiva's grace.
Do you mean to say that..
..Lord Shiva hasn't blessed my father?
I am sure we have not gathered here..
..to rake up our petty quarrels.
Unfortunately, there is nothing but..
..the battlefield between us.
So, it is best to decide on the rules of war.
Grandsire! We are not here to decide anything.
Both the Kauravas and the Pandavas are yours.
So, the Pandavas will abide by whatever rules you frame.
Don't burden me thus.
Even in my own camp I am accused of..
..being partial to the Pandavas.
But you know Krishna, that I..
..and a few others like me are on Hastinapur's side.
O eldest Kuru! O brave warrior!
In every way you are worthy of respect.
So, only you can frame the rules of this war.
The truth is that every war has only one rule.
That it is fought on the principles of truth.
And what is truth?
O Brave Bhishma!
O Brave Shikhandi! Truth is that..
..a brave man does not fight a non-male.
If a warrior is unarmed..
..he should not be attacked till he has armed himself.
If a warrior is retreating..
..or leaving due to injury..
..he must not be killed.
The army's non-soldiers should not be killed.
Those helping the injured should not be attacked.
A soldier should fight a soldier.
A charioteer should fight a charioteer.
Each should fight with a warrior of equal rank.
No warrior is to be surrounded and killed.
The war which begins with each sunrise..
..should end at sunset.
At night, warriors of both sides will be at liberty..
..to meet each other in camaraderie.
A warrior who surrenders is to be protected.
If the Pandavas army chief wishes to add..
..or subtract to these rules he is welcome to do so.
Grandsire! I am a fair and decent warrior.
He may cut an elder's head in war..
..but never his word.
I salute you and accept these rules of war.
I hope that the warriors from your side..
..will follow these rules.
What about those from your side?
They will not be the first to break them.
If someone from your side breaks these rules then..
..I cannot promise you anything.
My only worry is..
..about who can break through Grandsire's formations.
Truth is on our side.
That cannot be pierced by Grandsire or Sage Drona.
By Lord Shiva! If I want..
..I can destroy that army of brave warriors..
..by merely using my divine weapons.
But I don't want to use divine weapons in this war.
I won't allow history to say..
..that Arjun won the war by using divine weapons.
I want to win this war on our strength.
People will remember this war for your spear..
..Bhim's mace..
..Nakul, Sahdev's daggers..
..my arrows and Krishna's expertise with the chariot.
Where's Krishna?
I've not seen him since he returned after meeting Grandsire.
Wherever he is, he will look after our welfare.
- Greetings. Krishna. - Greetings.
We were here to decide the rules for tomorrow's war.
Since this is the last night of friendship..
..I wanted to meet the people I like.
Am I among them?
Of course, Karna.
Or else why would I be here?
What can I do for you?
I cannot understand Grandsire's strategy.
You are next only to him and the two sages.
And yet, he will not let you fight the war..
..as long as he leads the army.
Brave Karna will not fight.
He has the boon of wishful death.
Which means that..
..you'll have to sit through the war.
Maybe Arjun's luck is protecting him because..
..had I fought the war..
..I would have surely killed Arjun.
Will Arjun's death give you happiness?
It is not matter of happiness..
..but of repaying one's debt.
But if you won't fight how will you repay your debt?
That's what I am thinking.
I want to repay Duryodhan in this lifetime.
What can I do?
If the commander does not let me fight..
..I'll have to sit through the war.
O son of Kunti!
Why not do that in your brothers' camp?
You know I can't do that! I won't.
Why? Why won't you?
O Lord Krishna! People will say I was defeated because I was afraid.
They will also say I am an ungrateful person.
When there was no one with me..
..Duryodhan extended a hand of friendship.
Now that my friend needs me, you suggest that..
..I go to my brothers.
No Krishna!
I can bear the wounds of Arjun's arrows..
..but not the wounds of insult.
So, please don't ask me to go there.
Had all these reasons not been there..
..I would still not go there.
Why?
That is Draupadi's camp.
I can face God Himself..
..but I cannot face that pious woman..
..about whom I spoke so indecently.
I don't know what happened to me that day.
I watched her humiliation and also insulted her.
I will never forgive myself for that crime.
I will never forgive myself.
Realization of sin opens the door to forgiveness.
I must leave now. They must be looking for me.
- Greetings, Vasudev. - Greetings.
And what if you do get to fight Arjun?
Then may Lord Shiva protect him!
Where were you?
The war will start tomorrow.
So, I thought I should meet a few people.
I met sages Drona, Kripa and..
..Grandsire.
Each one has sent you their love.
After that I went to Karna.
Why meet that son of a charioteer?
I am not talking about his father.
I am talking about Karna.
If I could pray, I would surely pray that..
..Grandsire remains the Kaurava chief.
Till then Karna cannot fight this war.
Only he has the weapon to defeat you.
Hence, I am worried about you.
That's why I asked you to seek Durga's blessing.
So, great archer! Now wait for the sun to rise!
"Wait for the sun to rise!"
"The new dawn will come!"
"Truth will begin its battle.."
"..with the forces of evil."