'Man is a strange creature.'
'He hears only what
he wants to hear.'
'That is why he dismisses
every tragedy..'
'..as an inevitable event.'
'However, fate by
itself means nothing.'
'A person can control his actions.'
'But man blames
his actions on..'
'..the creator by calling it fate.'
'If the line of fate matches
the line of action..'
'..then everything is all right.'
'Then, there is no difference
between sin and righteousness..'
'..or heaven and hell.'
'Even Dhritrashtra knew this.'
'But his ambition had
closed his ears.'
'He cannot even
hear Sage Vyas.'
I am blessed to find
myself at your feet, o sage!'
Do not ensnare me
with words.
Listen carefully to
what I have to say.
The treatment meted out
to the Pandavas was not just.
None can condone it.
You are responsible for
this injustice..
..because you are the king.
May be you will even
have to pay for it.
Don't say that!
Why should I not say that?
Thirteen years will be
over soon.
So, wait for the last day of
the thirteenth year.
Do you think the
Pandavas will forget..
..the insult in thirteen years?
Duryodhan does
not listen to me.
What can I do?
What would you do if
he was not your son?
What is the punishment
of not obeying the king?
He is my son, o sage!
Even a son is a citizen.
Law knows no relationships.
Tell him Bhishma is
the Kuru elder.
While you live,
he has no right in politics.
If he does not understand, order him..
..to make peace with the Pandavas.
If he does not listen, punish him.
This is your duty as a King.
The tree of arrogance..
..bears the fruit of destruction.
We will set our spies
on them in the last year.
Come, uncle! Please sit.
Why are you sighing, uncle?
The king is unhappy.
Sage Vyas has undermined
his confidence.
These sages have
no other work..
..other than giving
unsolicited advice.
If I could, I would
ban their visits.
No!
Never do such
a foolish thing!
They are simple folk.
Serve them.
Respect them! Listen to them.
It is not necessary
to do what they say.
What did Sage Vyas tell father?
I listened to what
my spies told me..
..but you will not be able
to listen to it.
Even if you do, you will
not be able to bear it.
My dear nephew
Duryodhan will..
..attack sage Vyas
with his mace.
The truth is that..
..even sage Vyas favors the Pandavas.
That is not good news, uncle!
That's what I am saying.
He has warned the king
of total destruction.
Whose destruction?
Duryodhan and your destruction.
Dushasan's destruction
and even mine?
O heir of Bharat!
Do not worry.
Let the sage speak.
This earth is yours.
Enjoy it like Lord Indra
enjoys in heaven.
Respect your strength..
..which has brought
you recognition.
The Goddess of wealth,
who was with the Pandavas..
..is now in your favor.
Maybe sage Vyas
made a mistake..
..and took your name
instead of the Pandavas.
It is they who have
been destroyed.
Where is their palace
of illusion..
..where Draupadi
insulted you?
Where is Yudhishtir's crown?
Where is Arjun's gandiv
bow he was so proud of?
Where is Bheem's strength?
Do not sadden yourself..
..with the thought of
those five nomads.
If need be, I will use my arrows..
..to turn away the
direction of the wind.
I'll destroy any threat
to your honor..
..like a mongoose
kills a snake.
My friend!
If you trust my loyalty..
..do not insult it by being sad.
Why this long lecture..
..to say a simple thing?
Go to the forest for a hunt.
Make fun of the Pandavas
and undermine their confidence.
Hunt for their ego..
..like you would hunt
for a deer.
What about grandsire?
Don't worry about him.
He is bound to the throne.
Greetings, o sage!
Please have a seat.
Any order for me?
Who can dare order
you but time itself?
May I know why have
you come so late?
The well wisher of Hastinapur..
..can no longer sleep.
They are imprisoned
by their loyalty.
They are all afraid.
Afraid of what?
The future!
Whose future?
I am worried about your future..
..and you are worried about mine.
Sage Drona has
the same problem.
God knows for
which past crime..
..we are being punished?
We are compelled to
side with Duryodhan.
Will history understand
our helplessness?
I do not know that.
But I do know one thing.
Shakuni is still not happy after
defeating the Pandavas by treachery.
He wants to humiliate them further.
What has he done now?
He has sent Duryodhan on a hunt.
He is camping close to the Pandavas.
I am not worried about Yudhishtir.
Nor will Arjun disobey his brother.
But Bheem is like the wind.
None will be able to stop him!
What's wrong?
Whom are you angry with?
With myself.
Why?
What have you done?
I should have disobeyed elder brother..
..and killed Duryodhan.
So, you have seen their camp.
How could I miss it?
If I close my eyes,
I can hear their vulgar laughter.
If I close my ears,
I can smell their odor.
They will not let us live in peace.
Smell!
Smell the odor of roasted deer.
As if we have never eaten
good food in our life.
Their servants were washing
vessels in the open.
I threw our leaf-plates there.
Why are you jealous, brother?
Jealous?
Why should we be jealous?
But their behavior does anger us.
Duryodhan is our elder
father's eldest son.
Maybe he does not know that..
..we will take everything
back in thirteen years.
After thirteen years..
..he will return everything himself.
Come on, brother!
Do you really think
he will return everything?
Brother, we will have to fight
to get everything back.
If time was a tree,
I would cut it and fight it.
Time is not a tree.
No one can cut it.
It passes by on its own..
..at its own pace.
My friend Duryodhan!
What do you think the
Pandavas are doing now?
I'll tell you.
Arjun must be cutting
wood in the forest.
Bheem must be collecting grass.
As for Yudhishtir!
He must be standing
in a corner in repentance.
And the divine Draupadi
must be cooking.
- Dushasan!
- Yes.
Have you sent the
leftovers to the Pandavas?
Don't worry, bother!
Let our pet animals eat first.
Get out of my way!
Don't you know who I am?
I am the prince of the Gandharvas.
Do you know who I am?
I am crown prince, Duryodhan!
Consider yourself fortunate that..
..I am asking you to spend
the night with me.
I shall wait for you.
Why didn't the Pandavas
fight for their right?
How did they bear the humiliation?
Yudhishtir is truth itself.
He must have thought
deeply before acting.
Brother! Brother!
- What's wrong?
- Brother!
Why are you crying?
Did anyone say anything?
Tell me! What happened?
That evil Duryodhan..
What did he do?
He behaved indecently with me.
Duryodhan!
Who are you?
Prince Duryodhan,
we are not indecent like you.
Our court will decide..
..how to punish you for your crime.
You know Bheem! I disagree
with all of you..
Greetings!
Come! Please be seated.
The Gandharvas have arrested
the crown prince!
What? How dare they..
..arrest him within
Hastinapur's limits?
Both of you go to his assistance.
We have to gather
wood and dry grass.
Besides, why should
we assist Duryodhan?
The Gandharvas are not our enemies.
Besides, we have no
love for Duryodhan.
Why should we fight
the Gandharvas for him?
I am not talking of fighting
but about helping Duryodhan.
But why?
Because he is our brother.
What kind of a brother is he?
He defeated you by treachery.
He tried to molest
Draupadi in open court.
And yet he is your brother?
He is still our bother..
..and we must help him.
lf we do not help him now..
..what difference is there
between us and him?
If you don't help him now..
..will you be able to face mother?
Can you ask for
mother's blessings?
Our fight with him
is a family quarrel.
We will solve it internally.
Why should an outsider
benefit from it?
That's why we must help him now.
Okay! You gather dry grass and wood.
I'll go to help Duryodhan.
Duryodhan!
You have not insulted a girl..
..or the Gandharvas.
You have insulted humanity itself
as well as society and its limits.
Merely because you are the
crown prince does not mean..
..that you can seize what is not yours.
Having insulted queen Druapadi,
did you think..
..every woman was unprotected?
None of us is Yudhishtir.
None of us is a mace
warrior like Bheem..
..or an archer like Arjun.
None of us is sage
Drona or sage Kripa.
Nor can we aspire
to be like Bhishma.
They are all great men!
He knows how to bear humiliation.
We are ordinary people.
We cannot bear humiliation.
What do you have to
say in your defense?
Shut up! Do you think I am alone?
My friend Karna will be coming.
I am not talking about Karna.
I am talking about honor and insult.
I am talking of your crime
and its punishment.
I know you are not an orphan.
I also know once you are punished..
..Hastinapur's army won't
let us live in peace.
But I will welcome the death..
..which comes on the path of honor.
Pronounce your judgment!
Judgment! He has insulted my sister!
Your sister has no honor
to feel insulted.
Duryodhan.
I will uproot this
tree of humiliation!
Cool down! Please!
That is the demand of justice.
I am not King Dhritrashtra..
..to bend justice to my needs.
Listen, o Duryodhan!
This court awards you
the death penalty!
Greetings!
O son of Kunti! You?
We beg for forgiveness..
..for whatever crime
he has committed.
He tried to molest my sister!
Will your regret heal
my humiliation?
Your sister is like my sister.
Listen!
Cut my hand instead of his.
Punish my eyes for
the indecency of his eyes.
But forgive him.
We brothers beg forgiveness.
Do not grant it, sister.
In spite of our pleading..
..if you do not forgive
and free him..
..you will have to fight us.
This is king Yudhishtir's order.
Whom are you trying to protect?
This Duryodhan tried to molest
queen Draupadi in open court.
He cheated you of your Kingdom.
And yet, you..
Our elder bother says
he is still our brother.
We do not wish to fight with you.
So, set him free.
We are not afraid to
fight for our honor.
You may swallow your
wife's insult..
..but I will not tolerate
my sister's insult!
I will not win against you
but I'll fight you.
That's my duty.
Did you hear that?
We have to listen to all
this because of you.
But we will free you because
brother wishes it.
You are older than I.
Tell me who has the
right to punish him.
You or us?
If you sentence him to death..
..what about my oath?
Tell me!
You are right!
You have a greater right
over his death.
Set him free!
As you wish!
Thank you!
- Thank you!
- Allow us to leave!
Beware!
Hail crown prince!
Why did you go to
Yudhishtir to ask for help?
I am your bodyguard.
To protect you is my duty.
Will you protect me
by humiliating me?
I am now obliged to the Pandavas.
Had it been someone
else in your place..
..by the honour of the Kurus..
..I would have him
executed instantly.
Bu you are a soldier!
So, I want you to die
a soldier's death!
Choose your weapon.
If I have committed a crime..
..forgive me!
If?
How dare you say 'if'?
You have committed a crime
and you'll be punished.
If you wish to die like a warrior..
..raise your weapon!
You know very well that
I am not a coward!
Hail Goddess Bhavani!
Beware!
No Duryodhan!
What is this madness?
I do not wish to stay alive.
But why?
Do you think I did not
return to help you?
I cannot even think of that
This coward has made me lose honor!
I cannot stay alive now!
Do you know whom he
brought for my assistance?
My enemies! Bheem and Arjun!
How can I stay alive
after that insult?
I have no right to live.
What insult are you talking of?
If they helped you,
it was their duty to do so.
Duty?
Of course!
It is a citizen's
duty to help his king.
So, if they helped you,
it was their duty.
Where is the insult?
Listen to me carefully.
Only cowards commit suicide.
And, you are not a coward!
You are a brave warrior!
Even the Pandavas won't
commit suicide..
..because they too are not cowards.
So, some day..
..we will have to wage war.
I am waiting for that day.
On that day Sage Drona will find out..
..who is he best archer in India?
His disciple Arjun or Karna!
My respects!
May you live long!
My respects!
May you live long!
Please be seated!
Is the subject so serious that
you have come to wish Sage Drona?
No subject is too serious.
Circumstances make it serious.
If a group of Gandharvas..
..can capture the
crown prince so easily..
..then Hastinapur's future
is indeed bleak.
Grandsire, even if
a company of wolves..
..capture a sleeping lion
but a lion is still a lion!
Have you forgotten your
manners, my child?
Pay respect to your
elders when you enter!
Forgive me, grandsire!
My respects!
It's good that you have come.
Grandsire and sage Drona
were talking about you.
No! I was talking about Hastinapur.
If I wanted to talk
about Duryodhan..
..I would have called
you to my room.
I have come to the king
to talk about the prince.
That is what I heard.
So, I came here.
Heard? You heard it?
The crown prince has to keep
track of everything.
You are elder than I.
So you are worried about me.
I am younger than you.
So I am worried about you.
So please tell me.
What I have done now?
The capture of the crown
prince is not a good omen.
What worries me even more..
..is that Karna ran away.
I swear by the sun!
Had you not been a sage
and in the King's room..
..you would not be living..
..a moment after making
that allegation!
Don't cross your limits Karna!
Remember you are
talking to sage Drona..
..and not the Pandavas!
I can answer your
every word with arrows.
Do not be angry, o sage!
Learn to cover your anger
with shame, Karna!
That is the mark of a brave man.
I do not know whether
you ran away or not.
But when Duryodhan was captured..
..you and Dushasan had gone.
What kind of friendship is this?
Do not forget Duryodhan!
Had Bheem and Arjun not come..
..you would have been dead by now.
Be thankful to your brothers..
..and request them to
return from the forest.
That is the best for Hastinapur!
Karna is undoubtedly brave..
..but Arjun is still Arjun!
Hastinapur cannot withstand his arrows.
This disciple of Parshuram will stand..
..between Arjun's
arrows and Hastinapur!
You haven't faced Arjun's arrow as yet.
Arrogance does not befit a sage!
I can give you an exhibition!
I will place a heap of
crowns at the king's feet.
I don't need divine
weapons for that.
A warrior wages wars, not penance!
My respects!
"The fire of jealousy burns.."
"..in spite of the thundering clouds!"
"Both Bhishma and sage
Drona are tired.."
"..with their inability
to pass on knowledge!"
