'As the story progresses towards the point..'
'..when the Geeta (Holy book) is recited..'
'..I feel short of words.'
'Because no one else can say..'
'..whatever he is going to say.'
'But what makes me sad is that..'
'..since I can see the future..'
'..I know that much later in the future..'
'..after very many centuries..'
'..though Lord Krishna's words will be compiled into a revered book..'
'..or won't follow its preaching.'
'Other insightful words will also meet the same fate.'
'Ethics will decline..'
'..and people will remember words like duty and action.'
'But will forget their true definition.'
'Or they will twist their meaning to suit their own selfish purpose.'
'And at that time too, I'll probably..'
'..stand helpless, as a mute spectator.'
'After all, I am time.'
'I cannot interfere.'
'I cannot bless. I cannot curse.'
'If only I had the right to interfere..'
'..I'd have restrained the tongue of Ganga's son, Devavrat.'
'And would have prevented him from taking an oath..'
'..out of his love for his father.'
'That oath is responsible for all that is happening today.'
'Arjun used to play in the lap..'
'..of this very same grandfather in his childhood.'
'He used to seek blessings from the same guru Dronacharya.'
'That Arjun is now going to shoot arrows at..'
'..the same grandsire and the same guru.'
I can't see crown prince Duryodhan anywhere.
He has probably gone southwards with the cows.
Then go in that direction. Follow him!
As you wish.
Bheeshma, Arjun is going in search of Duryodhan!
Then stop him.
Bheeshma, none of us can stop him single-handedly.
Whose army dares to block..
..the path of sage Drona's disciple Arjun?
On your guard!
Prince, go that way!
As you wish.
On your guard!
Take guard against you?
It is an insult for me to fight you O son of a charioteer!
But what do I do? I have taken a vow to cut off your tongue.
And I will definitely fulfill it.
Do not use abusive words, arrogant boy!
Pick up your Gandiva bow and show me..
..what sage Drona has taught you.
On your guard!
Don't flee, you coward! Don't flee!
This is Arjun's Gandiva bow!
Dushasan! Panchali, this is for your hair.
No. If I kill this evil man..
..how will brother fulfill his oath?
Arjun!
Prince, pay your respect to the blood which flows from your wounds.
Today, you have attained adulthood.
What is this arrow?
This was a benumbing arrow.
What is the use of rendering them unconscious?
Kill them. - No!
If I kill them, their clothes will become impure.
Prince, will you take the clothes off dead men for princess Uttara's dolls?
That will not befit you.
Now go.
Get Karna's pink, Duryodhan's red..
..and Ashwathama's clothes.
But..
..but, do not touch, grandsire's clothes.
My benumbing arrows can't affect him.
Prince, now go.
As you wish.
Now there is no hurdle in killing them.
I have removed their clothes too.
There is still a hurdle, Prince. That of our code of conduct.
It is not ethical for a warrior to kill unconscious warriors.
Prince, in the coming eras, warriors like..
..these unconscious warriors will be rare.
I don't want history to accuse me of killing them..
..after rendering them unconscious with divine weapons.
Prince, had I not been worried about you..
..I would probably not have rendered them unconscious.
Hence, let us return to the capital.
If the king is back, he will worry about you.
Prince, wait.
This place belongs to Brihannala.
Take your place.
After knowing who you are I cannot do that.
O disciple of Drona, let me remain your charioteer.
No, Prince.
This is not right.
If your father finds out that he was served by the Pandavas..
..he might even die of shock.
Prince, you have won this battle! You have won this battle!
When you tell him, that among those who you defeated..
..were warriors like Bheeshma, sage Dronacharya..
..sage Kripacharya, Duryodhan, Ashwathama and Karna..
You defeated their army..
..just the way strong winds would blow away clouds and disperse them!
Hearing this news, he will feel overjoyed. He will be overjoyed.
Prince, please take your place now.
Let me take mine.
Go on.
As you wish.
Arjun, shall we go?
Yes, but we will have to return in your chariot.
We need to place these weapons in that tree.
As you wish.
Will father believe that I defeated the Kuru army?
A loving father will believe anything.
'When people say that I am very powerful..'
'..I feel amused.'
'Because I am beyond power and powerlessness.'
'To me, both these words are meaningless.'
'I am the rod of a balance.'
'The pan represents life.'
'And the deeds are the weight measures.'
'I simply keep a watch so that nobody can cheat.'
'But, if someone tries to cheat..'
'..he will also have to bear the consequences.'
'Shakuni, Duryodhan, Karna, Dushasan, and others..'
'..have tried to cheat until now.'
'But who is the loser today?'
'Who is lying bare bodied in the battlefield?'
'And whose flag of victory is fluttering high?'
The spies have not yet returned.
The prince should not have gone alone. Why did you send him?
Didn't you know who all will come along with the Kuru army?
Bheeshma. Dronacharya. Kripacharya.
Even Lord Indra cannot challenge any one of them to war.
And the three of them must have come with this army.
Sire, don't worry about the crown prince.
Please wait for the news of his victory.
Brihannala! Will she defeat Bheeshma?
Do you think she can defeat Dronacharya and Kripacharya..
..and Duryodhan?
Kank, have you lost your mind?
Sire, Brihannala is not an ordinary human being.
That eunuch, that transvestite is not even a complete person.
Will that incomplete person protect my son?
Extinguish all the lamps of the palace.
I am deeply worried about my son.
Congratulations, Sire! Congratulations!
I want a gem-studded necklace as a gift!
Why are you congratulating me, you fool?
What news do you bring?
News of my son's death?
Sire, the prince is returning victorious!
Victorious!
What are you saying?
Sire, what she says must be correct.
Brihannala was with the prince after all.
Again you speak of Brihannala?
How did you get this news?
Sire, the entire city is celebrating on getting this news.
Glory to the king!
Did you hear that? The prince has defeated..
..he has defeated the Kuru army!
Sire, Brihannala is the guarantor of victory.
Let flags fly high all along the path to the palace.
Adorn the idols of gods and goddesses with flower garlands.
Ask the warriors of Matsya, all the members of the royal family..
..singers and dancers to proceed to welcome the prince..
..and bring him straight to me.
So that I can kiss my victorious son's forehead.
Tell Uttara that she must wait to welcome her dear brother..
..at the entrance of the palace.
Sairandhri, come with the dice.
As you wish, Sire.
I will play the game of dice with Kank until the prince's arrival.
Sire, intoxication and gambling are not compatible.
Intoxication?
Sire, joy has its own special intoxicating effect.
You must be thinking that you can defeat me today.
Kank, today I want to play with you in order to lose.
Because you didn't accept any reward for the help you..
..rendered me in the war.
My defeat in today's game of dice will be your reward.
As you wish, Sire. - Sit down, Kank.
Kank, I feel elated to think..
..that my son has defeated grandsire Bheeshma's army.
With a charioteer like Brihannala..
..there should be no doubt about victory.
Audacious Brahmin, are you comparing my son with that eunuch?
Can that eunuch, that impotent person defeat warriors like Bheeshma..
..Dronacharya, Kripacharya Ashwathama and Karna?
Sire, you can't compare Brihannala to the crown prince.
What are you doing?
Glory to the King!
The prince has entered the palace.
The princess is welcoming him.
Look, make sure that..
Arjun does not come here along with the prince.
You know he can't bear to see me bleeding.
He will kill the King. Go.
Go quickly.
Yes.
Sister Uttara, you should..
There are clothes of the Kuru warriors..
..to adorn the dolls of the princess, as a part of the victory.
Really? - Yes.
Brihannala, by saying this you have made me very happy.
Thank you.
How are you?
Sairandhri, how are you?
Come, my son. Come.
May you live long!
Father, what happened to him?
Son, I beat up that crook.
You?
I seek forgiveness, on behalf of the king.
Prince, I forgave him even before I was hurt.
But, if even a drop of my blood had fallen on this land..
..this kingdom would have ceased to exist.
I did not want that, because this land gave me refuge..
..when I was in need of it.
"Whenever faith is tattered."
"..it destroys everything."
"Sairandhri moves on.."
"..with firm belief."
"With a firm belief."
My respects, O Queen. My respects, Sire.
Son, come and sit next to me.
I wish to see the glow on your face.
Tell me in detail, how did great warriors like grandsire Bheeshma..
..Dronacharya and Kripacharya look while fleeing from your arrows?
How did you fight Karna..
..who can launch hundreds of arrows at a time?
Father, I did not win the war.
I had fled the battlefield like a coward.
Then a divine man placed me on a chariot.
He made me his charioteer.
Sitting on my seat he fought the Kuru army.
Father, the arrows that came out of his quiver..
..overwhelmed warriors like Bheeshma, Dronacharya..
..Kripacharya, Ashwathama and Karna.
Father, this is his victory and not mine. This is the truth.
The entire truth.
Where is that brave warrior, son..
..who protected you and the kingdom?
It's my duty to express gratitude to him.
He vanished soon after the battle ended.
Brihannala, I'm very pleased with you.
You remained by my son's side in times of danger.
Sire, it was my duty.
It's the crown prince's humility to say so.
Even he has a share in this victory.
No doubt that warrior was an expert in warfare.
But without a skilled charioteer, no warrior can be victorious.
You must have surely seen him fighting.
Who was that warrior?
Father.
Father. Father, look, the clothes of the Kuru warriors.
This red one belongs to Duryodhan.
This blue one belongs to Ashwathama.
This pink one belongs to Karna.
Uttara, stop this childish play. You're playing with dolls.
It is time for your own marriage now.
My daughter is not a burden on me.
All the time you keep planning to send her off.
Oh! Don't you want to get her married?
My Lord, a daughter doesn't belong to her own parents for long.
You must never get attached to her so much.
Agreed that a daughter doesn't belong to her own parents for long.
But does that mean we must give her away as alms to anyone?
Let a suitable groom be found for her.
Dear, let your mother say whatever she wants to.
A daughter becomes an adult only when a suitable groom is found for her.
Sister, you better start counting your days before you have to leave.
Greetings! - May you live long!
Sit down, Uttara.
Ever since the queen spoke about your marriage yesterday..
..the rosy color has not left your cheeks.
I won't speak to you!
Alright, tell me this. - Yes.
You have lived with Arjun the wielder of the Gandiva bow.
You know all the great warriors of India, is it not?
That is true.
Then tell me, who is fit to be my groom..
..if there is a groom-selecting ceremony?
Someone you like.
O Princess, our kingdom is filled with brave men.
Don't ask who is worthy to be your groom.
Ask, whose wife are you worthy to be?
All right, who would that be?
All those who lost to the prince in the battle..
..do not qualify to be your groom.
Then who does?
According to me, there is only one man..
..who deserves to be your husband.
I mean who is worthy of you.
Who is that?
King Pandu's grandson, Lord Krishna's nephew..
..and Subhadra's son. Abhimanyu.
Have you seen the son of Subhadra?
I have seen him, Princess.
But at that time he was a child.
It has been 13 years since I saw Subhadra's son.
13 years.
Greetings.
Greetings, Prince.
Looks like my sister is very joyful today.
Brother!
Come, Crown Prince. Sit down.
Get rid of this disguise now.
As per elder brother's orders, we will reveal ourselves only tomorrow.
After that we will seek leave from the king.
Tomorrow? Why tomorrow? Why not today?
Prince, we never question our elder brother.
We just obey his orders.
And you also get punished for obeying him.
Prince, what you term as punishment can be a reward as well.
Now we can openly proclaim to the society..
..that gambling is evil.
Gambling can even sound the death-knell for ethics!
Gambling can turn brothers and wives..
..from human beings to material objects!
We will share our experience with the world..
..and return to Indraprasth.
So if you ponder over it, this is not an expensive deal.
That is why, brave Uttar, do not judge him.
Even sages do not have enough capability to judge him.
And youngsters should not judge elders.
Please forgive me.
Prince, just ponder over this. If I could single-handedly..
..defeat the entire Kuru army..
..then which army could have stood against us..
..if the five of us had picked up our bows?
Despite knowing that the king of Gandhar had cheated us..
..we accepted defeat.
Because, barring Lord Vishnu..
..everyone in this world will taste defeat someday.
So we tasted defeat.
Prince, defeat is extremely bitter.
Extremely bitter.
Defeat destroys self respect! It transforms Arjun into Brihannala.
Bheem into a cook..
..emperor Yudhishthir into Kank..
..and queen Draupadi into a maid.
Therefore, never disrespect those who have lost to you in war.
Because those who have lost in war are also worthy of respect.
That is why I say this, O disciple of Drona.
You all have been deeply humiliated in this land.
My father may have insulted Yudhishthir as Kank today.
My mother may have often insulted Draupadi as her maid.
Treating her as a maid, my uncle, Keechak..
..overcome by lust, had humiliated her.
Please forgive this royal family and this land.
Prince, we will always respect the land which gave us refuge.
But you are the future king. That is why you should understand..
..that a maid is also a woman.
And a maid's self respect is no less than a queen's self respect in any way.
To become a servant is a misfortune.
So disrespecting someone for their misfortune..
..is like disrespecting God Himself.
Therefore, always treat your servants with respect.
You never know.
The one who is a servant today might have been something else in the past.
God forbid, may you never endure..
..what we had to endure.
The great king is arriving!
Kank!
How dare a gambler occupy the seat reserved..
..for royal guests dressed as a warrior?
Father, his presence here, has enhanced..
..the glory of this royal court.
Prince!
Sire, the crown prince is right.
The one who you stopped from occupying this seat..
..is that noble person who is fit enough to sit on Lord Indra's throne.
Even Indra will be thankful for that.
He will say that the glory of his throne..
..will be enhanced if he sat on it.
His coming to this royal court is..
..a matter of pride for this court.
Because, Sire, he is the eldest son of Kunti..
..emperor Yudhishthir. Emperor Yudhishthir.
Emperor Yudhishthir?
- Emperor Yudhishthir! - Yudhishthir!
Emperor Yudhishthir!
If he is emperor Yudhishthir..
..then you will now say that Ballav, the cook..
..is the mighty Bheem..
..and you are Arjun, disciple of Drona!
Undoubtedly, Sire.
Here are my younger brothers, Nakul and Sahadev.
Sire, we thought it inappropriate to leave without expressing our gratitude.
We, the five sons of Kunti..
..will always remember the help you have extended to us.
We spent our year of anonymity under your shelter.
Father, welcome them to our royal court.
The history of India will always laud you..
..because you were the host of the Pandavas for one year.
If they are the Pandavas, where is queen Draupadi?
You have seen her for a year as mother's maid.
O son of Kunti. O symbol of righteousness.
O noble king, emperor Yudhishthir..
..unknowingly I have insulted you everyday.
I considered queen Draupadi as an ordinary maid and insulted her.
I have insulted your valorous brothers as well.
You are an embodiment of mercy and truth.
Please forgive me, Sire. Please, forgive me!
You must not sit here, but there, on the royal throne.
That is the only place that befits your stature..
..in this royal court.
Emperor Yudhishthir, please accept my humble request. Please accept it.
O King, the one who occupies his host's throne in his royal court..
..is not a true warrior.
That is your throne. Please take your seat, King.
You will have to accept something at least, Emperor.
The five of us have already accepted your love.
Arjun has given the gift of life to my son.
As a token of my gratitude..
..I request you to accept my daughter as his wife.
Uttara!
Sire, Uttara is my disciple. She is my disciple!
I have always treated her as my daughter.
But I cannot refuse your gift either.
If the princess is willing..
..I will accept her as my daughter-in-law.
My son is Lord Krishna's favorite.
O King, if all the warriors of the world stand together..
..my son Abhimanyu will stand out amongst them because of his glory.
He will stand out.
My respects, Brother. - Bless you!
Subhadra, why have you spread ornaments all over the floor?
Didn't brother tell you?
Tell me what?
He came last night and asked me.
Yes?
"Don't you want to get Abhimanyu married?"
Is that so?
I said, "Why won't I?"
"But wait till his father returns."
He said, "I don't interfere between you and Arjun."
"But do start selecting jewelry.."
"..for your daughter-in-law."
"Who knows when Arjun may send a letter.."
"..asking me to go to him along with Abhimanyu!"
"We have to get him married!"
Brother, I got all this jewelry made for my daughter-in-law at Indraprasth.
Oh, that means he already knows?
Knows what?
Arjun's letter arrived today from Viratnagar..
..stating that Abhimanyu's marriage has been..
..finalized with Uttara, the daughter of the king of Matsya.
And king Yudhishthir has invited all the kings of India.
What? Even those from Hastinapur?
He most certainly must have invited them as well.
They are relatives after all.
"The wedding of Abhimanyu.."
"..is a heavenly affair."
"And with this firm belief.."
"..everyone was invited."
"Whenever in a lineage.."
"..a rift tears them apart."
"The heart wants to.."
"..assume a monstrous form."