Krishna joined his hands and said
that everything is Bhima's mistake.
I agree with every word you say, Brother.
Now declare your decision.
Mahabharat.
It is the story of righteous against the unrighteous that
is still remembered by every child.
By heart.
It is said that history is always
biased towards the winners.
Is this story truly about the war
between just and unjust
or is it merely a perspective
that has disguised itself as the truth since ages?
Because if you look closer
then the difference between just and unjust
are just as blurred as
the decisions made
by both the sides in this war.
Were the Kauravas completely evil
and the Pandavas the guardians of good?
Did only one side use betrayal as a tool?
Were the Pandavas absolved of all sins?
This show is seeking some answers
to such critical questions.
Mahabharat!
The end or the beginning.
Thus Balram ended
the talk about Abhimanyu's death.
The next sensitive issue was
the insult of the wife of the Pandavas, Draupadi.
It so happened that once the Kauravas
invited the Pandavas over for a game of dice.
Yuddhishtir threw the dice on behalf of the Pandavas.
The Kauravas' uncle Shakuni
threw the dice on their behalf.
The Kauravas kept winning every move in the game of dice.
Eventually the Pandavas lost everything.
The Pandavas staked their kingdom for a bet.
The Kauravas won that too.
Eventually, Duryodhana provoked Yuddhishtir
into staking the Pandavas wife Draupadi for a bet.
He then said, if they were to win with this move
then he will return everything
that the Pandavas have lost so far.
Yuddhishtir staked Draupadi for the bet.
They lost in that move too.
After that Draupadi was the property of the Kauravas.
Duryodhana sent his younger brother
Dushasana
to bring Draupadi into the court.
Dushasana pulled her saree.
He tried to strip Draupadi's clothes off.
Panchali then called out
to Lord Krishna for help.
Lord Krishna then extended
Draupadi's saree to such an extent
that Dushasana got exhausted trying pulling the saree off.
The saree never came to an end.
Balram used to accuse
the Pandavas for this incident too.
According to him,
even if the Pandavas had won the game ultimately
they would have already insulted Draupadi
by staking her for the bet.
The soldiers shed blood for years
to gain a kingdom.
They lose it all in a moment
after getting driven by their desires and debauchery.
Throw the dice and try your luck.
What is so manly about that?
To win without making any efforts
is the essence of gambling.
If he wins then he blabbers.
It is Goddess Saraswati talking within me.
If he lost then he was defeated by betrayal.
That is the age old way that gambling goes.
Gems, pearls, sapphires and diamonds
are the stakes one uses for gambling.
But what is so manly about
staking your wife on a bet?
What did you think would happen
to Panchali if you lost?
Did you think devout flowers would greet
this queen of an ancient time?
Her five husbands stripped her themselves.
Dushasana pulled at her clothes
and you made it endless.
This coward has drunk the blood.
This coward has drunk the blood
from the chest of Dushasana!
How much more will you
use that insulted woman?
Brother, I am not a coward.
I am not a coward, Brother.
The response of Bhima was brief.
He was an iron man in the flesh.
There was no other choice.
Bhima believed
that Duryodhana's skin was like iron.
Therefore there was no other way
but to attack him below the waist.
Actually the Kauravas mother had the capacity to see.
But she chose to wear a blindfold
as the Kauravas' father,
Dhritarashtra was blind.
When Gandhari felt
that all her sons are dying one after another,
she gave a message
to Duryodhana
that he should come naked
to her at night.
Gandhari had kept her eyes closed for so many years.
When Duryodhana reached her at night
she removed the blindfold and opened her eyes.
Her eyes were so filled with energy and light
that just one glance from her made
Duryodhana's outer skin glow as if it was on fire.
Duryodhana's body below his
waist remained normal as he draped
a cloth under his belly because he was shy.
But Balram refused to accept Bhima's explanation.
Because in that age, there used to be a technique
to destroy such a hard, impenetrable skin.
And it was not considered
ethical to attack below
the waist while battling with a mace.
Balram got more angry after hearing this argument of Bhima.
Stand silent, you inauspicious beast.
Shameless liar, that you are.
Are you trying to make wrong seem right
after committing such a heinous crime?
The skin is made impenetrable
and turns into iron.
But the one who knows the skill of piercing the body armour
uses the technique to do so.
Didn't I teach you everything I knew?
The earth contains magnetic powers in it.
A stream of forces runs infinitely
from the north to the south.
By looking at the size of the battlefield
you figure out the intensity of the power.
You attack your opponent using
a mace in a circular motion.
If the place is on the equatorial line
the blow is swung towards the south.
And if the place is on the south
the mace is swung towards the equator.
If you attempt to attack against the magnetic effect
the iron gets rusted.
Because of the blow of the soft mace,
the iron shield gets shattered.
Till now you have only fought with the power of your muscles.
You never attained any knowledge about anything.
You were my student but learned nothing.
You just concentrated on food and sleep.
When the fighters are battling
they don't fear the rain!
They fight and follow rules and regulations to the last breath.
A mace is worshipped first when all
the weapons and tools are worshipped.
You never throw it on the land
but you place it on your shoulder.
The ages will change, the weapons will change.
These weapons will turn into toys.
Bows and arrows will still be relevant.
Spears will also be thrown!
The mace has been insulted today.
It will not be respected in the same way.
You have put this art to shame.
It will soon cease to exist.
He could have said it more beautifully himself.
Duryodhana smiled
despite a shattered thigh.
So one chapter ended.
The chapter of that great epic
in which reside millions of stories.
But this is the beginning of an attempt.
An attempt to witness this
epic story again from a truthful perspective.
And to self analyse
which side are we with?
Are we with the just? Or with the unjust?
Keep watching, Mahabharat.
The end or the beginning.