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00:00Past, history is always unseen and remains unchanged, for time assimilates it into itself
00:07as it ticks on and turns it into chapters of our civilization.
00:13The Mahabharat is the story of a great war in which the conflict over duty and action
00:19drew all of Bharat to one place, Kurukshetra.
00:24This was a war between two families who were from the same dynasty.
00:30There were five Pandavas and a hundred Kauravas.
00:34The family's warriors and elders were on the Kaurav side, while the Pandavas had their family and Lord Krishna.
00:43A game of dice was played in King Dhritarashtra's court.
00:47When the upholder of truth, Yudhishthir, lost his wealth, honor, dignity,
00:52he wagered on Draupadi, wife of the five Pandava brothers.
00:58The truth has many shades. Lies take many twists and turns.
01:03The rules of the battle were as unrelenting as the blade of a sword.
01:08Once broken, they scattered all over Kurukshetra like the beads in Draupadi's bracelet.
01:14For 18 days, the sun would rise over a smoldering horizon and set with the blaze of countless funeral pyres.
01:23We still live in the shadow of that war of dharma and karma.
01:27We've never really left Kurukshetra behind.
01:31The air alive with music, a grand wedding celebration.
01:36This is the occasion that marked the beginning of the most calamitous end in history.
01:41Glory to Prince of Imaneu!
01:43Glory to Prince of Imaneu!
01:44Glory to Prince of Imaneu!
02:11Glory to Princess Uttara!
02:13Glory to Princess Uttara!
02:16This is Atta Injustice.
02:18Such a beautiful celestial angel with a name like Uttara.
02:22Should have been Uttama for your supreme beauty.
02:25Well then, I feel my future husband Prince Abhimanyu should be called the great poet Abhimanyu instead.
02:32As you wish.
02:33The flowers are rose red, the heart within is red.
02:36And this ring of love I wear, glows ruby red.
02:39Flushed red with joy, little did Abhimanyu know that this battleground would soon be stained red with his own blood.
02:49My lord, I may be blindfolded but...
02:54But can you not see as well?
02:57How many more deceased sons is this unfortunate Gandhari fated to mourn?
03:11Huh?
03:20Abhimanyu?
03:21How has this come to be?
03:25My dear child.
03:26His hands that should have rested on a bed of flowers.
03:32Now lie lifeless amidst the sea of corpses.
03:34corpses ceremony and debate both were held in equal measure that day for not
03:50one but two unions were being forged at the same time the first time Abhimanyu
03:56to Uttara and the second time the Kuru clan to the great war which led all of
04:02Bharat into the Mahabharat had Gandhari not worn a blindfold she would have
04:14witnessed not one but two sons that day the one that was rising in the sky and
04:20the other that arose from the earth itself formed by the funeral pyres of
04:26countless warriors the fires of war may have turned the warriors bodies to
04:31ashes but they could not erase their stories stories of great valor vengeance
04:39sacrifice and the endless pursuit of power stories in which each and every word
04:47proclaims Kurukshetra
05:17the guardian of justice the defender of truth the king of dharma Yudhishthir
05:35infinitely strong a giant among men the great mace-wielding warrior
05:49being an unparalleled archer fearless invincible bearer of the Gandiv bow Arjun
06:08queen Madhari's twin sons Nakul and Sahadev hmm they need no further
06:18introduction
06:20supremely virtuous a divine beauty the princess of Banchal Draupadi
06:40shall we start the debate Keshav after the most sumptuous royal feast
06:47yesterday my hunger is finally sated but I'm still hungry for action it's time to
06:54go out and use my might I say we go and take patience beam my brother don't you
07:00think we should at least wait for the one whose grand wedding feast has sated
07:04your hunger oh here he is our dear Abhimanyo greetings dear father hmm
07:11greetings dear uncle may fame favor you son I'm afraid I had to disrupt your wedding
07:16celebrations I apologize but the times that we live in our such time riding a
07:25chariot full of spikes was hurtling towards us like a gathering storm while I made a
07:30futile attempt to overtake its lightning speed along with my deeply worried
07:36friend Purohit huh the panda van core of banners side by side commit this site to
07:42memory Purohit who knows when the two will be seen together again so should only the
07:48pandas uphold the peace not the Kauravs and what did we even ask for merely five
07:54villages why even ask Arjun hmm we cannot be denied our right in fact all of
08:00Indrapras belongs to us a 12 year exile in the forest one more year living in
08:04disguise and then our kingdom was to be returned to us the Kauravs have gone back on
08:09their word not us patience my dear brothers if not the Kauravs then let us
08:14hope for some good news from Purohit I am in such a turmoil how am I going to
08:20find the words to convey this message to the pandas never mind that Purohit what
08:25about me tell me who am I what sort of question is that a seemingly simple but
08:30very important question who am I disciple of the great sage Vyas advisor to king
08:36Dhritarashtra son of Gav lagna the charity and the royal ambassador of the
08:40Kauravs Sanjay such grand titles for such an ordinary man and none reflect who I am
08:47in my own right someone's disciple someone's advisor or someone's son it's
08:51too big an introduction for just a humble messenger like Sanjay even my words
08:57belong to King Dhritarashtra please ask my dear pandav nephews what will they
09:03accomplish through this war violence bloodshed and death please remind them
09:11that if they wage this war both the battling sides are my very own no matter who is
09:16victorious I will be the one who loses no matter whose blood is spilled the tears
09:22flowing will be mine but your majesty I have a humble request if we could just
09:29accept the pandavs humble demand then this quiet Sanjay we will not debate this
09:35matter any further take Purohit with you and leave for the
09:39Matsa kingdom tell those five pandav brothers that Hastinapur has made its
09:43decision and it is final but Sanjay what have the pandavs asked for that
09:50Hastinapur cannot give was their demand not a fair one or is Hastinapur blind to
09:56the consequences of their refusal and what if the Kauravs refuse us in spite of
10:02knowing the consequences then it can only mean one thing war
10:09this land is thirsting for blood Sanjay
10:35the first drop of blood had already been spilled
10:47let us adjourn this council Keshav as the Sun is about to set undoubtedly the Sun is
10:59indeed about to set on the Kuru dynasty and the two of you please carry on
11:08brother until I receive a reply from those in Hastinapur I will not be able to rest I
11:16imagine sleep eludes you too Madhav what do you propose we do until then
11:21hurry take him at once to the royal physician yes he's wounded
11:30this way let me escort you to the guest room it would be good if I had an
11:38audience with King Yudhishthir uh I'm afraid King Yudhishthir and the other
11:42Pandavas are resting right now
12:09welcome Sanjay we've been waiting for you why are you hiding from us we'd like
12:16you to come in and grace us with your presence but it is your presence and
12:20blessings that I seek Keshav welcome Sanjay please have a seat yes yes have a seat
12:27and have some of this fruit too here do not worry Sanjay no matter how bitter your
12:36message may be you will find the fruit sweet I picked them all myself yes but my
12:41words have not been picked by me Keshav how do I say them you don't need to Sanjay
12:46your silence is speaking volumes another futile response from the Kauravs we have
12:53no wish for war but the Kauravs have no wish for peace it's time to start
12:58tightening your bowstring path and also sharpening your arrows the time to put
13:03them to use this upon us go tell them Sanjay that we have received Hastinapur's
13:08answer
13:09Hastinapur's real answer will be on the battlefield an answer so powerful that it
13:16will put an end to all questions this King Dhrithrashtra is no longer the same
13:21Dhrithrashtra whose younger brother Pandu claimed the throne for himself by taking
13:26advantage of the King's blindness only to abdicate when he'd had enough this is
13:32King Dhrithrashtra who despite being blind since infancy has never shied away
13:37from his duty
13:37victory to King Dhrithrashtra
13:39victory to King Dhrithrashtra
13:41this is King Dhrithrashtra whose eldest son Duryodhan that is me is the one and
13:48only true successor to his throne and Duryodhan is not blind
13:55victory to Prince Duryodhan victory to Prince Duryodhan
13:59the land of Hastinapur is dearer to me than life itself and if the Pandavas think
14:06they can take even an inch of it they'll have to fight me for it they will
14:10receive nothing as charity forget what is fair do they not even care about our
14:18ties of kinship kinship that's the very reason dear Yudhishthir that they refuse
14:23to grant even the tiniest little inch of this land because we have as much of a
14:27right to this land as they do so has Pitama Bhishma never tried to reason with
14:32them I am afraid that I'm unable to understand you Duryodhan nor can I
14:37explain anything to you I am on your side only because I have taken a vow to
14:42always protect the throne of Hastinapur as long as I am alive I will not let you
14:47come to any harm but I will not harm the Pandavas in any way either because the
14:52Pandavas are as dear to my heart as you are I will not take up arms against my own
14:59bloodline bloodline let me tell you all about bloodlines Pitama I'm king of Ang
15:05current it was my bloodline because of which I was cursed to lose my warrior
15:10skills when I needed them most and yet here I am completely committed to
15:13fighting this war I'm not a half-hearted or emotional warrior like you I would
15:18never accept fighting under your leadership on the battlefield Pitama
15:21current without you my army would be at half its strength you have nothing to
15:25worry about Duryodhan for even amidst such legendary warriors as Dronacharya
15:30Kripacharya and Pitama Bhishma it is I who will hand you their beloved Arjun's
15:36head on a platter I'm not afraid of death but to give in to injustice is in
15:43itself an injustice the Korov's obstinacy must not go along sir even if peace
15:49comes at the expense of all our anger and bitterness it is still preferable to
15:53war I seek your blessings for a victory father this war that you and your
16:04brothers are so very eager to fight do you know what it is going to cost you
16:08Duryodhan Gandhari please reason with your sons judging from their crazed ambition
16:14and hunger for the throne I would think they're more your sons than mine my king
16:18mother your blessings my blessings I will certainly give you a blessing Duryodhan
16:24may victory be with those who walk the path of dharma
16:29dharma a dharma justice injustice peace they're all debated endlessly but do any of
16:43my five husbands remember why I still wear my hair loose or have they forgotten
16:47let me remind them
16:53that villain Dushasan touched my hair in the presence of an entire assembly he
16:59attempted to disrobe me in the middle of the entire core of God he dishonored the
17:06princess of Panchal in front of everyone even though she has five husbands
17:12that if they are incapable of avenging this grave assault on my honor then my aged father my five sons and my Abhimanyu are still alive Dhrapadi's
17:18dishonor will certainly be avenged
17:24hmm so then it is decided Pitama Bhishma will be the leader of the car of army I will
17:30definitely lead your army but my heart will simply not be in it
17:36relish this moment my nephew
17:41imagine how impotent those kings would have to be to use their own wife and
17:55who will be the leader of the car of army and who would perhaps include a
17:57heart will simply not be in it relish this moment my nephew imagine how
18:07impotent those kings would have to be to use their own wife as a pawn in a game
18:13of dice what a disgrace how can they ever protect their subjects when they
18:26can't even protect their own wife the pandas have seen both your tears and your
18:39humiliation it's a testament to their strength that even after so much
18:43injustice and abuse they still wish for peace do not be angry Draupadi even after
18:49so many attempts at making peace if the Kaurav still choose the path of
18:53destruction then that is what it shall be Draupadi you will most certainly have
18:58your revenge and your vow to leave your hair untied will be fulfilled the Kauravs
19:08and the Pandavas two trees rising from the same soil who could never stand together
19:14hmm for a unified Hastinapur and became sacrificial pawns to the great ideals of
19:26dharm and adharm
19:29I Sanjay bore witness to a spectacle of destruction that lasted 18 days but in those 18 days I did not
19:46just witness a war I watched 18 warriors and their courageous exploits in 18 stories and hidden behind
19:53behind each story are those 18 reasons that despite every effort to attain peace
20:00imposed upon the fate of the Kuru dynasty this great war
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