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Krishna joined his
hands and said

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that everything is
Bhima's mistake.

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I agree with every word you say,
Brother.

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Now declare your decision.

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Mahabharat.

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It is the story of righteous
against the unrighteous that

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is still remembered
by every child.

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By heart.

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It is said that
history is always

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biased towards the winners.

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Is this story
truly about the war

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between just and unjust

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or is it merely a perspective

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that has disguised itself as
the truth since ages?

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Because if you look closer

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then the difference
between just and unjust

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are just as blurred as

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the decisions made

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by both the sides in this war.

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Were the Kauravas
completely evil

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and the Pandavas
the guardians of good?

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Did only one side use
betrayal as a tool?

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Were the Pandavas
absolved of all sins?

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This show is
seeking some answers

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to such critical questions.

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Mahabharat!

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The end or the beginning.

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Thus Balram ended

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the talk about
Abhimanyu's death.

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The next sensitive issue was

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the insult of the wife of
the Pandavas, Draupadi.

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It so happened
that once the Kauravas

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invited the Pandavas over for
a game of dice.

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Yuddhishtir threw the dice
on behalf of the Pandavas.

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The Kauravas' uncle Shakuni

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threw the dice on their behalf.

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The Kauravas kept winning every
move in the game of dice.

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Eventually the Pandavas
lost everything.

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The Pandavas staked
their kingdom for a bet.

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The Kauravas won that too.

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Eventually, Duryodhana
provoked Yuddhishtir

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into staking the Pandavas
wife Draupadi for a bet.

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He then said, if they
were to win with this move

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then he will return everything

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that the Pandavas have lost
so far.

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Yuddhishtir staked
Draupadi for the bet.

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They lost in that move too.

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After that Draupadi was
the property of the Kauravas.

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Duryodhana sent his
younger brother

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Dushasana

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to bring Draupadi
into the court.

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Dushasana pulled her saree.

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He tried to strip Draupadi's
clothes off.

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Panchali then called out

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to Lord Krishna for help.

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Lord Krishna then extended

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Draupadi's saree
to such an extent

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that Dushasana got exhausted
trying pulling the saree off.

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The saree never came to an end.

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Balram used to accuse

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the Pandavas for this incident
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According to him,

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even if the Pandavas
had won the game ultimately

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they would have already
insulted Draupadi

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by staking her for the bet.

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The soldiers shed blood
for years

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to gain a kingdom.

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They lose it all in a moment

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after getting driven
by their desires and debauchery.

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Throw the dice and
try your luck.

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What is so manly about that?

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To win without making
any efforts

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is the essence of gambling.

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If he wins then he blabbers.

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It is Goddess Saraswati
talking within me.

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If he lost then he was
defeated by betrayal.

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That is the age old way
that gambling goes.

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Gems, pearls, sapphires
and diamonds

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are the stakes one uses
for gambling.

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But what is so manly about

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staking your wife on a bet?

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What did you think would happen

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to Panchali if you lost?

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Did you think
devout flowers would greet

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this queen of an ancient time?

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Her five husbands
stripped her themselves.

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Dushasana pulled at her clothes

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and you made it endless.

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This coward has
drunk the blood.

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This coward has drunk the blood

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from the chest of Dushasana!

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How much more will you

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use that insulted woman?

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Brother, I am not a coward.

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I am not a coward, Brother.

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The response of
Bhima was brief.

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He was an iron man in the flesh.

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There was no other choice.

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Bhima believed

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that Duryodhana's skin
was like iron.

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Therefore there
was no other way

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but to attack him
below the waist.

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Actually the Kauravas mother
had the capacity to see.

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But she chose to
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as the Kauravas' father,

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Dhritarashtra was blind.

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When Gandhari felt

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that all her sons are dying
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she gave a message

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to Duryodhana

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that he should come naked

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to her at night.

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Gandhari had kept her eyes
closed for so many years.

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When Duryodhana
reached her at night

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she removed the blindfold
and opened her eyes.

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Her eyes were so filled with
energy and light

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that just one glance
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Duryodhana's outer skin
glow as if it was on fire.

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Duryodhana's body below his

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waist remained normal
as he draped

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a cloth under his belly
because he was shy.

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But Balram refused to
accept Bhima's explanation.

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Because in that age, there
used to be a technique

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to destroy such a hard,
impenetrable skin.

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And it was not considered

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ethical to attack below

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the waist while
battling with a mace.

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Balram got more angry after
hearing this argument of Bhima.

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Stand silent,
you inauspicious beast.

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Shameless liar, that you are.

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Are you trying to make
wrong seem right

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after committing such
a heinous crime?

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The skin is made impenetrable

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and turns into iron.

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But the one who knows the skill
of piercing the body armour

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uses the technique to do so.

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Didn't I teach you everything
I knew?

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The earth contains
magnetic powers in it.

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A stream of forces
runs infinitely

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from the north to the south.

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By looking at the size
of the battlefield

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you figure out the
intensity of the power.

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You attack your opponent using

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a mace in a circular motion.

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If the place is
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the blow is swung
towards the south.

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And if the place is
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the mace is swung
towards the equator.

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If you attempt to attack
against the magnetic effect

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the iron gets rusted.

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Because of the blow
of the soft mace,

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the iron shield gets shattered.

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Till now you have only fought
with the power of your muscles.

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You never attained any
knowledge about anything.

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You were my student
but learned nothing.

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You just concentrated
on food and sleep.

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When the fighters are battling

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they don't fear the rain!

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They fight and follow rules and
regulations to the last breath.

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A mace is worshipped
first when all

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the weapons and tools
are worshipped.

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You never throw it on the land

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but you place it
on your shoulder.

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The ages will change,
the weapons will change.

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These weapons
will turn into toys.

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Bows and arrows
will still be relevant.

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Spears will also be thrown!

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The mace has
been insulted today.

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It will not be respected
in the same way.

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You have put this art to shame.

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It will soon cease to exist.

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He could have said it
more beautifully himself.

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Duryodhana smiled

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despite a shattered thigh.

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So one chapter ended.

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The chapter of that great epic

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in which reside millions of
stories.

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But this is the beginning
of an attempt.

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An attempt to witness this

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epic story again from
a truthful perspective.

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And to self analyse

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which side are we with?

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Are we with the just?
Or with the unjust?

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Keep watching, Mahabharat.

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Keep watching, Mahabharat.

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The end or the beginning.