'This is now in its last stages.'
'When historians write about this great war..'
'..they will discover that it proved..'
'..not only for India but the entire world.'
'The two scales of the balance will be misbalanced.'
'The historians will wonder whether the war..'
'..achieved any overall good or not.'
'How many people were lost in this heap of corpses.'
'They will nevertheless conclude that..'
'..moral and social values are worth the price.'
'Life itself is the..'
'..cheapest thing in this market.'
'The Karna age has begun in Kurukshetra from today.'
'None, except I, know..'
'..how long the age of Karna will last.'
'So, why should I reveal..'
'..its duration now?'
'The King of Madra is Karna's charioteer but..'
'..instead of trying to protect Karna..'
'..he is tying to strip him off his courage and confidence..'
'..like one would peel an onion.'
Hold on tightly to your bow, Karna.
It may slip out of your hand on seeing Arjun.
Arjun is in a class in himself.
Even Lord Indra cannot face him in battle..
..now that Arjun has all the divine weapons.
Except Lord Shiva..
..none can dare fight Arjun.
Why do you penalize me for Duryodhan's sins?
I have never cheated you.
I had only made a request to you and..
..you had honored me by accepting it.
Even then I had only said that..
..I wanted a charioteer of Krishna's caliber.
On that day you did not tell me that..
..I was not worthy enough to fight Arjun..
..because even Lord Indra cannot face him.
Were you waiting for the day..
..when I became commander to tell me all this?
I know Arjun better than you do..
..but I, too, am Radhey.
I was taught by Bhishma and sage Drona's teacher..
..and he did not teach me the meaning of fear.
So you please ride the chariot.
A charioteer's duty is to point out the true path.
Krishna, too, had done this at the start of war.
Is it not so?
It is my duty to tell you. The rest is up to you.
- 'The Pandavas won't forgive you. Even if they do, I won't. - Come on!'
'From today I symbolize their dishonor!'
- Come on! - Leave me.
Get up!
Brother!
Here is Draupadi who has five husbands!
Listen all you warriors of..
..past, present and future.
I take an oath which none before me have taken.
Or after shall ever swear.
I, Bhim, son of Pandu, swear that..
..I shall not show my face to my ancestors..
..till I drink the blood from Dushasan's chest.
Why are you standing so far, coward?
Come near! So that I may see your blood flow..
..and you may see my blood flow!
These were the hands which held Draupadi's hair.
I'll drink the blood from your chest!
Why are you silent?
What is Bhim doing?
Speak up!
I am still your king, Sanjay!
Obey me!
- Prince Dushasan is dead. - No.
You are hiding something.
Tell me! What did Bhim do?
He drank the blood from Dushasan's chest.
Then he smeared his face with the blood and..
..danced around Dushasan's corpse just like..
..our warriors had danced around Abhimanyu's corpse.
Don't keep quiet, Sanjay! Speak on!
What else did Bhim do?
Then he took a handful of blood and ran to his camp.
Draupadi!
Draupadi
Draupadi!
I have brought Dushasan's blood..
..for your insulted hair.
I'll never forgive Bhim!
This is not war! This is raw muscle power!
My Duryodhan is all alone now.
Somebody is left alone on the battlefield.
But Duryodhan will not be able to bear the sorrow.
Just see who is with him at this moment.
Duryodhan, how did this happen?
This is dear Dushasan's hand..
..which Bhim pulled out from his body and threw away.
We all saw what happened..
..and yet I say that make truce with the Pandavas.
A truce? With whom? Those cowards..
..who have used treachery to kill our warriors?
Should I sign a truce with them?
O Ashwathama! Death cannot touch you.
You are immortal. Then why do you talk like a coward?
They used treachery to eliminate grandsire.
They used treachery to kill sage Drona.
Have you forgiven them?
Or have you forgotten your father's death?
I'll never forgive them..
..nor ever forget my father's death.
That's my personal problem.
I talk of truce because it is to the state's advantage.
What state, Ashwathama?
The jeweled crown is not the state.
The throne is not the state.
I am the state.
The state is Dushasan whose corpse lies before me.
The state is Dushasan whose blood Bhim drank.
So, do not talk of a truce.
I want the corpses of the Pandavas!
Attack them!
Let's go.
I had warned you Karna!
It will not be easy to fight Arjun and Bhim.
Don't be frightened now.
If the soldiers see you frightened, then they..
..will be unable to fight.
You are Hastinapur's last hope.
So, hide your fear.
Drive the chariot! Even I know the art of war.
When two warriors fight, one wins and the other dies.
Take my chariot towards Arjun's chariot. Come on.
The sun has saved you today.
Come, o king of Madra! Let's return to the camp.
Kunti. Kunti.
What's it sister?
Why didn't you call for me?
It was something I had to come and tell.
Sit, sister
Whose death do you want to mourn today?
It is the day I mourn for my son Dushasan..
..but I can weep no more, Kunti.
My eyes ask me..
..how long can they keep crying?
Today I am reminded of the day..
..grandsire came with the marriage proposal.
Father and Shakuni had refused him..
..but I thought..
..when a great man like grandsire..
..asks for something..
..he should not be refused.
So, I accepted the proposal.
When I touched his feet..
..do you know what blessing he gave me?
He placed his hand on my head and said!
May you have a hundred sons!
And today..
..Gandhari, the mother with a hundred sons..
..has only one son left.
I don't even know how long..
..I'll remain a mother of that one son.
I don't know how many arrows..
..pierced grandsire but..
..I do know how many arrows..
..have pierced me.
I have not come here to talk about my sons.
After many days I received some good news..
..so I could not sit still in my camp.
Can there be any good news in this battle?
There's always place for good news.
Today the sun God did us a great favor.
The sun God!
You mean Arjun..
Yes Arjun.
No!
No! No, sister!
Is this good news?
What else is it?
If the sun had not set..
..Arjun would have been dead.
Sister!
I am indebted to the sun God.
But the sun will rise again tomorrow.
The war will be fought again.
Then let there be war!
Karna will not live to see tomorrow's sunset.
Don't curse him, sister.
He's already twice cursed.
I am not cursing Karna.
I am merely blessing my son Arjun.
No! Don't curse him.
Any problem, Arjun?
I cannot live in the shadow of Karna's favor.
Favor? What favor?
He could have killed me..
..but he did not!
Why did warrior, who waited for this war..
..hold back his bow at the last moment?
If this is not a favor, what is?
It is not proper that the greatest archer say this.
Not proper?
What are you saying?
In the excitement of war you did not see..
..that Karna's arrow could not have..
..pierced your chest before sunset.
By holding back his bow he has sent a message.
What message?
He sent a message which said..
..he is not responsible for all that has happened..
..but as the long as he is the commander..
..his army will not violate the rules of war..
..framed by grandsire.
Why did he send this message?
Why are you asking me this question?
Does he want to say we are cowards?
Even a blind man cannot call you a coward.
Forget such thoughts and stop looking around.
Are you the same Arjun..
..who once told sage Drona that..
..he could see nothing but the eye of the bird?
What has happened to those sharp eyes of yours?
Don't wander in the desert of futile questions.
Keep your eyes on the target.
You should sight nothing but your target.
Tomorrow when you face Karna again.
Don't allow your arrows to stray.
Today is gone!
Karna is your ultimate target.
Victory was in your hands today..
..but you allowed it to escape.
Don't worry! If victory was in my hands today..
..it will be in my hands tomorrow.
Why did you hold back today?
I have no doubt about your bravery uncle..
..but you will not understand.
Then you explain it!
Your friend has wept..
..over 99 of his brothers.
He is asking you!
O Commander! Victory was in your hands today.
Why did you let go of it?
O commander!
Your loyalty is beyond doubt.
And yet..
..this question keeps disturbing your friend.
I swear on the wounds you have suffered.
You will not understand my ill-luck that..
..the sun God came between Arjun and I.
I knew my arrow would not reach Arjun before sunset.
How could I release that arrow?
So what if it was sunset?
Did the war stop at every sunset before this?
Before this when the war continued after sunset..
..I was not the commander of this army.
How can I forget..
..that the rules of war were framed by grandsire?
Any fighting after the sunset was prohibited.
How could I fire?
The rules of war..
..were broken on both sides.
One more would have been broken.
It would have been..
..your tribute to Dushasan.
Dushasan was my brother too.
He was also Bhim's brother but..
..Bhim pulled out and threw away his arm..
..drank the blood from his chest and..
..danced all around his body.
I have seen the same dance once before.
Even then it did not befit Bhim to do so.
Try to understand my problem.
You are Dhritrashtra's son and heir of Bharat.
An heir of brave warriors like Yayati and Kuru.
The Pandavas have the same background.
If you both break any rules..
..your background will protect you..
..but who will help this poor Radhey?
Your father's charioteer found him..
..and brought him up with love.
Who is he? What is his background?
Whose heir is he? Which dynasty does he belong to?
I am all alone in this battlefield, my friend.
I have nothing but my bow and my strength.
Hence cannot break any rule.
Not for you! Not even for myself!
"When the commander is Karna.."
"..no rules will be broken."
"The bravery of the generous warrior.."
"..will always be remembered by the world."