00:38And wash away all the injustice suffered by us women.
00:42Hail the King of Dharm Yudhishthir!
00:46Hail the King of Dharm Yudhishthir!
00:50Hail the King of Dharm Yudhishthir!
00:52Hail the King of Dharm Yudhishthir!
00:54Hail the King of Dharm Yudhishthir!
00:56Hail the King of Dharm Yudhishthir!
00:58Hail the King of Dharm Yudhishthir!
01:00Hail the King of Dharm Yudhishthir!
01:02This very same Hastinapur had once insulted us
01:04and thrown us out like beggars.
01:06And today, today they have come out
01:08to welcome us back dressed in
01:10all the colors of the rainbow.
01:12You have noticed the seven colors of the rainbow.
01:14But have you seen the eighth color there?
01:16The one standing at the back
01:18staring at you with countless
01:20unanswered questions.
01:22It is silent, yet so anguished.
01:26It holds every hue,
01:28every color within itself,
01:30yet remains bereft of color,
01:32the color white.
01:34Dressed in white,
01:36these widows
01:38stood waiting to hear one voice.
01:40That of their fallen queen.
01:42A queen,
01:44who had lost not only her throne
01:46and kingdom, but her entire world
01:48in this terrible
01:50eighteen day war.
01:52Who in spite of losing a hundred sons,
01:54remained a pillar of strength
01:56and courage for other women.
01:58But behind her calm demeanour,
02:00I could clearly see a volcano waiting to erupt.
02:06Your majesty,
02:08having won at Kurukshetra,
02:10the Pandavas are now approaching the palace.
02:12Oh, who all are there Sanjay?
02:14Dharmaraj, Yudhishthir,
02:16Bheem,
02:18Arjun,
02:20Nakul and Sahadev.
02:22And with them is...
02:24Vasudev Krishna.
02:30We have all wronged you elder father,
02:32and we deserve your anger,
02:34not your forgiveness.
02:36But we still seek your mercy and grace.
02:38Have you come to seek the...
02:40blessings of your elder father or his throne?
02:44Hmm?
02:46But son,
02:48first tell me where your younger brother Bheem is.
02:50Let me get a feel of his valour.
02:52His strength.
03:02Bheem?
03:04Son?
03:06Come here.
03:08Come here Bheem.
03:10Bheem?
03:12How can you still be alive after shattering my heart to pieces,
03:14you murderer?
03:16You drank my Dushasan's blood, did you not?
03:20I shall squeeze every last drop of blood from your body!
03:28Your majesty!
03:30To tell you the truth, I never drank the Shasan's blood, your majesty.
03:38I only pretended to do so to fulfill my vow.
03:40Huh?
03:42Bheem?
03:44Brother Bheem is alive and safe as well.
03:46That was just an iron statue made in Brother Bheem's likeness on which Duryodhan would regularly practice defeating him.
03:52So...
03:54So you placed that?
03:56I sense the fury within you, your majesty.
03:58Besides, with Duryodhan's passing,
04:00this statue had neither a purpose nor a companion.
04:02It is very good that you have destroyed it.
04:04It is very good that you have destroyed it.
04:06I hope it gave you a release for your anger.
04:08Now, could you please give them your blessings?
04:14May success be yours, Hans.
04:16May success be yours.
04:18Grant us permission, Elder Father.
04:20Kurukshetra waits for us to fulfill our final duty and end this 18-day war.
04:26You did not give us your blessings, Elder Mother.
04:29I did not put a curse on you either, Dharmaraj Yudhishthir.
04:33Mother, you were queen of this kingdom.
04:36Today, after winning the war, I stand here with my head bowed before you.
04:40Even so, if you believe that I am deserving of your punishment and not your blessings,
04:45then please punish me.
04:51You cried out in pain at the slightest burn on your toe, Yudhishthir.
04:56This pain you feel is nothing compared to the hundred wounds
05:00that you have inflicted on me.
05:02Once Lord Krishna had come to Hastanapur with a peace proposal.
05:07But the king ignored my advice
05:09because he was unable to look beyond the obstinacy of his dear Duryodhan.
05:14Today, the decision is yours, your majesty.
05:16Do not refuse an offer of peace this time.
05:18Vidur, you? Back from your pilgrimage, Prime Minister?
05:21Yes, your majesty.
05:23After all, this broken, grieving family is mine as well.
05:27Please do not taint this period of mourning with the fire of hatred.
05:31I have always considered you a symbol of tolerance and generosity, Queen Gandhari.
05:35Come, Vidur.
05:39Let us go to Kurukshetra and bid a final farewell to both the past and the future of Hastanapur.
05:47This mother's grieving heart will never find peace here.
05:51here.
06:09There is a gap between the earth and the earth has fallen.
06:19There is a gap between the earth and the earth has fallen.
08:31Look at us, Gunthi.
08:35The two daughters-in-law of Hastinapura, both tied to the same clan, legacy, and now the same fate, Kurukshetra.
08:43Everyone says what has to happen will happen, but what I want to know is, who is answerable for all that did not happen?
08:54What do you mean?
08:56I mean, what if Dhritarashtra had not been born blind? Then Pandu would have never ascended the throne, and the question of succession would have never come up.
09:07And what if Pandu had never married Madri, then the curse upon him would not have killed him.
09:12The question of succession would have never come up then either.
09:16What did not happen, why it did not happen, I do not know.
09:19But what was destined to happen, happened as it should have.
09:24And what would have happened if the dice of time had no side for ifs and buts?
09:31And what would have happened, why it did not happen if the dice of time was ever come up.
09:49Voh Rakt badass,
09:52Muttruoye
09:54Jow Jeevit hai
09:58Voh Peedit hai
10:03Voh Jannani hai
10:08Voh Bhoomi hai
10:12Jow Jannani hai Bhoomi hai
10:15There lies my father, Drupal, and those two, my brothers, and those two, my brothers.
10:45There are my five sons, mother.
10:52This war has, this war has taken my entire family from me, mother.
10:58Revenge is like a huge boulder perched on a mountaintop, my dear.
11:02With the slightest push, it starts to tumble down and crushes everything along its way as it gathers face.
11:10Your rage and your inciting words were the push that set this war in motion, Draupadi.
11:16They sent that boulder of revenge tumbling down on everyone.
11:20Now the consequences lie before you.
11:23Consequences?
11:25And what about the consequences that I alone had to suffer?
11:29Because your sons wagered their own wife away in a game of dice without thinking of the consequences.
11:34And yet I am to blame.
11:36The blame will always fall on that person, Draupadi, who gets everything that she has asked for.
11:43You waited eagerly for the death of each of my hundred sons, whom your husband Beam slaughtered one by one with unimaginable cruelty and savagery because you, you wanted your revenge.
11:59Ears are not blind to what they hear, they can also see.
12:06The horrors of being dragged by the hair still creep up on me.
12:10Another woman was shamed, yet you stayed mute to her suffering.
12:16Your own son was the perpetrator, yet you did nothing.
12:22As the thorns of insult dug into my breasts, what did you think?
12:26I felt honored?
12:28The bow of vengeance released an arrow that led to this war of bloodshed unheard.
12:34Come, princess of Kuntibhoj.
13:01Look, I have brought all your sons together in Kurukshetra, including the one who did not know for most of his life that he was your son.
13:13How long will you stand here before these burning pyres, your majesty?
13:33What do I have left in my life anymore, apart from these funeral pyres?
13:38Perhaps I am a burning pyre myself.
13:41The rising cloud of black smoke will release the souls of these warriors.
13:45But you, you must free yourself of this bitterness and rage too.
13:49So why do you not set me and my rage free in a funeral pyre, Vasudev Krishna?
13:54You are God after all.
13:58You can do anything.
14:00You can hide the sun with a single gesture.
14:03You can see everything.
14:05The past, the present, the future.
14:07Devaki, Nandan, Vasudev, Krishna.
14:09So why did you not stop this calamitous war?
14:12I made every possible attempt, your majesty.
14:15I warned them all about the horrendous consequences of this war time and time again.
14:19Even you could not stop it, Queen Gandhari.
14:22You knew very well that your son was in the wrong.
14:25And that is why you never gave him your blessings for a victory.
14:30My blessings were for the righteous to be victorious.
14:33But you left no room for righteousness in this war.
14:36You were not just steering Arjun's chariot.
14:40You were steering the entire war.
14:43You set every rule, every law and boundary aside.
14:47So your chosen Pandavas could win.
14:50I did not choose the Pandavas.
14:52I offered my help to both the sides in equal measure.
14:55It was Duryodhana who chose my Narayani army.
14:57You dare not utter my son's name from your lips, Keshav.
15:01The sins you have committed in the name of dharma in this war
15:05will never be forgotten or forgiven by history.
15:09Never!
15:10History may judge this war however it likes your majesty.
15:13I took the side of the Pandavas not for history but to create a future.
15:17You are concerned about the future, Keshav?
15:21Yeah, I will make sure that you are free from this concern of yours forever.
15:25I put a curse upon you.
15:28Just as you have destroyed my bloodline,
15:31one day even your entire bloodline will be wiped out forever.
15:36Your kingdom of Dwarka will be submerged in the blink of an eye,
15:43without a trace of its existence.
15:45And there will be no one left alive to mourn and weep over your death.
15:50This is a grieving mother's curse on you!
15:55Oh, my God.
16:25Wait, sons.
16:42What is wrong, mother?
16:44There is a chapter from the past that I must cleanse today.
16:48Isn't that why we have gathered here?
16:50Arjun, my son, I hope you can forgive me.
16:56What's wrong? What is it, mother?
16:58A crime I committed and concealed from all of you.
17:03Your crime?
17:05The crime of abandonment, Yudhishthir.
17:08The abandonment of a son who could never call me mother even once in his lifetime.
17:15Whom you always considered your enemy,
17:22who had to hear taunts about blood, family, and lineage his entire life.
17:29Karan, the king of Ang, was your brother.
17:33Karan, he was your elder brother, Yudhishthir.
17:38Karan was my firstborn son.
17:44My eldest son.
17:47My eldest son.
17:50He was my son.
17:52Karan, this means I took my own brother's life.
17:59He, he kept asking me to wait.
18:02He begged me, and I...
18:04Wait, Arjun!
18:05Karan, I did not listen to a word he said.
18:09I looked him straight in the eye and took his life ruthlessly.
18:13Karan, please forgive me, my son.
18:17I can forgive you, mother.
18:21But who will forgive me for what I did?
18:24You kept us in the dark about this all these years?
18:28You have no idea what you have done, mother.
18:33No.
18:34This can never happen again.
18:36It is my curse that from now on no woman will be able to hide the truth again.
18:43A terrible truth, darker than death itself.
18:58So much so that the king's conscience grew weary with doubt just before his coronation.
19:05Now, who could bring Yudhishthir back from this spiral of despair?
19:13Struggling with a whirlwind of questions, Yudhishthir?
19:17No.
19:18With the lack of answers, Keshav.
19:21It is called a dilemma, my dear brother.
19:23A dilemma that you are currently having to deal with.
19:27The same dilemma that those watching this tale will also face.
19:31Throughout these 18 days and even before, who was right and who was wrong?
19:35King Yudhishthir, in this dark, tumultuous sea of self-doubt, take my hand.
19:42Let me be your guide as I take your boat to safe shores.
19:46And you, you who are watching me from a very distant future,
19:52do not let go of my hand either.
19:54Because if there is anyone who can guide you through this sea of doubts,
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