'The preparations for the arena..'
'..which has started in King Shantanu's era..'
'..are now complete.'
'Never again will we see such an arena.'
'Nor such an army.'
'Nor such an assembly of brave warriors.'
'The roots of this holy war, this ultimate war..'
'..are in Dhritrashtra's heart.'
'Dhritrashtra is eager..'
'..to say something but cannot say it.'
'Though Dhritrashtra is unable to ask..'
'..Sanjay knows he wants..'
'..to know about Kurukshetra.'
'He is sad for not only Hastinapur..'
'..but also its king.'
'I see all this and even..'
'..I am lost in thought.'
'The story stands at such a point that..'
'..even words have to be spoken with care.'
'The story stands on the verge of the scared Geeta.'
'Which means as long as the Geeta is narrated..'
'..even I can only listen.'
'I can't talk.'
'All I can say now is that the next few moments..'
'..will make world forever grateful to Dhritrashtra.'
'In a few moments from now..'
'..Dhritrashtra will ask!'
'O Sanjay! What did my sons and the sons of Pandu do..'
'..when they gathered at Kurukshetra?'
'As long as Sanjay speaks..'
'..I'll not even move.'
O Sanjay! What did my sons and the sons of Pandu do..
..when they gathered at Kurukshetra?
King.
The Commanders of both sides have reached Kurukshetra.
Bhishma and Dhristadyuma..
..are leading their armies.
O teacher! Did you see the Pandava army..
..arranged by your friend's son, Dhristadyuma?
This mighty army has an array of..
..warriors, archers and brave solders.
Satyaki, Virat, Dhrupad..
..the King of Kashi, Kuntibhoi and Abhimanyu as also..
..Draupadi's five sons.
Now look at our own army..
..which you'll lead into battle against the Pandavas.
Who is in this army? Yourself, Grandsire..
..Sage Kripa and many other warriors.
It is said that they are experts at warfare.
O exalted teacher!
The Pandava army is nothing..
..before our army.
Grandsire alone can win this war.
So, I, pray that you should..
..all protect Grandsire.
I am saying this because..
..he will not kill the Pandavas in this arena.
Grandsire! You have done me an injustice.
You have done me an injustice.
But you'll not be able to save Arjun from my arrows.
You'll not be able to save.
What are you looking at?
I am looking at all father figures..
..Grandsire, Sages, brothers..
..friends and sons.
Why look? You are not seeing them for the first time.
True! I am not seeing them for the first time.
You also knew that all these friends and relatives..
..would stand to wage war in this battlefield.
Is there no difference between knowing and seeing?
Take my chariot to the center of the two armies.
I wish to see both armies in the proper perspective.
I'll take you there but O Arjun..
..why did you not say this before the bugle was blown?
Because war became certain after..
..the bugle was blown?
What is Arjun doing?
Don't worry. Krishna is Arjun's charioteer.
His chariot cannot stray.
Does Arjun dare to launch a Ione attack because..
..Grandsire will not kill the Pandavas?
Is there no other warrior in the Kaurav army?
Where is Arjun going?
He seems to be in dilemma.
But why the dilemma when Krishna is with him?
I am in a dilemma.
The warrior who defeated us in the Virat war..
..is attacking the army..
..which is unfortunately commanded by me.
But has Arjun forgotten that the war has not yet begun?
Krishna has stopped the chariot.
What is this riddle?
We are at the center of the battlefield, Arjun.
These are not armies but mighty oceans.
O my Lord!
- What's it Bhim? - He ate my porridge.
I'll get lots of porridge made for you tomorrow.
May I sleep here, uncle?
How often have I told you not to call me uncle.
I am your father's uncle.
Won't you embrace me?
My clothes are soiled by travel.
Your clothes will be soiled.
My clothes are eager to be soiled by your dust.
Grandsire.
Don't you like to play?
When the teacher is teaching it is no time to play.
Looks like you'll learn everything.
- Arjun. - Teacher.
I did not teach you this.
It was you who taught me!
How long will you look at them?
Let me look at them.
Who knows who I'll get to see after the war..
..and who I won't see.
O Krishna! Whom do I seek to wage war with?
And whose lives have I staked for this war?
On both sides stand people from the same dynasty.
The man in white clothes who stands on a white chariot..
..has given me nothing but love and affection.
I used to sit on his lap with my soiled clothes.
And yet, he would embrace me.
He is my Grandsire, Krishna.
That is Sage Drona who gave me knowledge..
..taught me everything that he knew.
He taught me more than he taught his son, Ashwathma.
I have come to fight and, if possible, kill him.
The very thought makes me go cold. My throat is dry
My hands, which hold the bow become numb.
My body trembles more than it did in winter.
The Gandiva slips from my shoulders.
How can I kill the people I honour and respect?
I cannot turn Kurukshetra in my family's cemetery.
Why don't you say something?
I am listening. First, finish what you are saying.
What can I say?
I won't build my palace on the corpses of my dynasty.
I don't want this happiness which stinks of blood.
Shall I kill the teachers I honoured?
Shall I aim an arrow at those, who taught me the art?
I don't want victory at this price.
Let alone this earthly kingdom..
..I don't want heaven at this price.
Duryodhan may have cheated us..
..insulted Draupadi and the dynasty..
..but he is still elder father's eldest son.
Should we destroy the dynasty for a piece of land?
O Lord! Even if we lose everything and..
..are saved from the sin of ending the dynasty..
..we will have won peace cheaply.
Despair wins neither heaven nor fame.
keshav!
Before you call out my name, tell me..
..when destruction stares you in the face and..
..truth looks to you for protection and victory..
..how can you display such cowardice.
Strong men do not lose themselves in dejection.
Do not become impotent in this hour of trial.
O destroyer of the enemy! O victorious one!
These unruly feelings will win..
..neither fame nor heaven.
You will hate even yourself.
O Arjun! Give up this weakness.
Stand up and fight!
How can I stand up and fight?
How can I kill Grandsire? Or Sage Drona?
How can I kill those worthy of respect?
Shall I defeat those who taught me how to win.
It is better to beg than raise my hand in attack.
At least, I won't stain my hands with blood.
Is it better to win or lose this war?
The Kauravas stand before me like enemies.
I know I cannot live without killing them but..
..it won't be easy to live after killing them.
Aren't they my brothers? Tell me?
Of course!
Is that all you can say?
But that's all you asked.
This war is not to establish relationships or identities.
Recognise your duty and decide because..
..only you can take a decision.
I cannot take a decision to save you from..
..the responsibility of this war.
This war is yours and so is the result.
I cannot see my duty clearly.
So, become the guide of my soul.
I know I stand between truth and untruth but..
..cannot decide on which side truth stands.
Guide me O Krishna!
Save me from this despair.
I cannot fight in such a state.
I cannot fight.
O Krishna! Should I fight or not?
Should I fight or not?
So saying Arjun kept quiet.
Arjun's questions are of eternal value.
How can he fight Grandsire and the Sages?
It is in keeping with the warrior code.
What can I say to that?
I am not even a warrior.
But you can think like a warrior.
I think they won't even ask..
..for Indraprasth now.
In that case even Duryodhan will be satisfied.
Then I'll force him into giving them five villages.
War will not take place now because..
..if Arjun does not fight who will?
And now, he will not raise the Gandiva..
..till his questions are answered.
He will not fight till then.
And even Krishna cannot answer his questions.
Sanjay..
Once again see..
..what Krishna is saying.
As you wish!
O heir of Bharat!
Krishna is smiling at Arjun.
'Sanskrit shlok'
O Arjun! Those who are gone are gone.
The wise do not grieve for those who die or are alive.
They grieve for neither birth nor death.
You talk like a wise man but your words are foolish.
Before you grieve, find out..
..if they are worthy of your grief.
Are not Grandsire and the Sages worthy of grief?
Would I deny it if they were?
Remember one simple truth.
It is the soul which is of essence, not the body.
Death is not its end because it is eternal.
Death is a momentary respite.
The wind does not end with the breath.
Man is first a child, a youth..
..and then an old man the death.
This is the journey of the body.
The soul goes beyond that.
It moves from one body to another.
The journey which ends with death is that of the body.
'Sanskrit shlok'
The souls journey is eternal.
The body is left behind and the soul moves on..
..assuming a new body..
..just like we discard old clothes for new.
'Sanskrit shlok'
Why grieve when the soul cannot be destroyed?
Why grieve the destruction of the body?
The body is not eternal. It is to be discarded.
It is the soul which is eternal.
Will those before us be there after the war?
What is being and not being?
There never was a time when all of us did not exist.
Nor a time when all of us..
..will not exist.
Why do you feel that this life is the complete life?
This life is not a complete life.
We were, we are and we will be.
As for happiness and sorrow, what of it?
Like seasons, they come and go.
Those who are unmoved by happiness and sorrow..
..those who remain uninfluenced by them..
..are worthy of salvation.
'Sanskrit shlok'
Be free from the doubts of killing and being killed.
Only those who are born can die.
The soul is beyond time.
It is beyond time.
The body is born, not the soul.
If the soul is not born how can it die?
The soul exists. That's all!
It spans time from end to end.
It is unborn, eternal and holy.
It is indestructible and without flow.
So, do not worry about killing and being killed.
Only the body dies and..
..even after its death the soul does not die.
Weapons cannot kill it, fire cannot burn it..
..water cannot dissolve or the wind dry it.
'Sanskrit shlok'
Why do you worry, now?
O Krishna! Do I call a soul Grandsire?
Is my affection merely for a soul?
Is that white-clad elderly man..
..merely a soul?
Did not the body, which you call the soul's clothing..
..bless me many a times?
Is the Sage who taught me archery merely a soul?
I do not deny that souls are holy and indestructible..
..but I am talking about the body.
Am I not related to these bodies?
Souls are not born..
..but surely people are.
Of course, people are born.
But end this argument of yours.
Those who are born will die.
Why grieve the predestined?
Those who are born will die. Surely die but..
..death is not the end for they will be reborn.
This is the unshakeable truth and none can avoid it.
Not I. Not you. Nobody.
Bhishma has the boon of willful death but..
..death is still inevitable.
In this cycle of birth, death and rebirth..
..where's the place for grieving?
Those before you existed before this birth but..
..you don't know what they were.
They will exist after this..
..birth but you won't know.
Their existence for you is confined to this birth.
Beyond it, it is unknown, undefined.
Before this birth, they did not exist for you.
After this birth, they will not exist for you.
So, Arjun why grieve for a life..
..whose death is predestined..
..and cannot be changed by you?
Grandsire, the Sages and other relations..
..were not known to you before birth..
..and will be unknown after birth.
Hence, it is useless to grieve for them.
'Sanskrit shlok'
Is Krishna explaining or inciting Arjun?
Will Arjun listen to him?
Is he not responsible to his elder father?
Can he deny his dynasty and relationships?
Will he use divine weapons against my sons?
How can I answer these questions?
Only Krishna or Arjun can answer them.
I want answers to my questions.
So, listen carefully.
As you wish!
"Dhritrashtra is in a dilemma."
"He could not stop the war."
"Lord Krishna explains to Arjun."
"Arjun, do not grieve."
'Sanskrit shlok'
Why are you so surprised?
Like the tearing of cloth is predestined..
..the death of the body is the ultimate truth.
Why grieve for the truth?
Man is not a mixture of body and soul.
The body is the vehicle for the soul.
Do not worry about the body and do your duty.
Even according to the warrior code..
..you must wage war.
It is a warrior's duty to fight evil.
Today evil stands before you fully armed.
It is your duty to fight it.
I brought you here to ask you..
..what is my duty? What is truth?
Who are you?
I am Arjun, disciple of Drona!
What else?
Son of Kunti!
What else?
A warrior!
You are Drona's disciple because of that.
Because you are Kunti's son you are a warrior.
So, basically you are a warrior.
To abide by the warrior code is your duty.
To fight injustice is the warrior's code.
If in this crucial moment..
..you do not fight evil..
..you fame will be eroded as also your code.
If this happens, your enemies and the world..
..will call you an evil man and sinner.
The coming generations will call you a coward.
O Arjun! Do not be lost in the questions of..
..victory and defeat, life and death.
If you win, you will get success and a kingdom.
If you die, you will go to heaven.
Get up Arjun and fight. Happiness, sorrow..
..profit, gains, victory, defeat are all the same.
It is not only the code but also your duty.
'Sanskrit shlok'
"The soul does not die."
"It is the body that dies."
"Do not let your mind.."
"..be lost in this dilemma."