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By being greedy and
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you rolled the dice.

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You lost your wife,

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then you say it was cheating.

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Mahabharat!

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The story of good against evil,

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that every child
still remembers.

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By heart!

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They say, history is always

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written in favour of
a victorious side.

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In reality, is this story

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based on the war between good
and evil?

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Or this is just a perception

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that has been passing for
the truth since years?

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Because if we look closer

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then the lines of good
and evil are just as blurred

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as the decisions made by both

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the parties 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 party
resort to cheating?

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Were the Pandavas
completely absolved of sins?

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These are some of the questions

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that need to be answered

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which this show
is going to seek.

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Mahabharat!

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The end or the beginning?

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Shri Krishna thought

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that it is the only way to calm
down his elder brother Balaram.

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He should join his hands
and apologise.

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But Balaram wasn't paying
any heed to anyone.

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And he made the decision,

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that he felt was right.

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He said.

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The attack was flawed
and illicit

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which shattered this thigh.

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Duryodhana is the winner.

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There is no doubt about it.

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When he saw
the agony of his disciple

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tears spilled out of his eyes.

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He then used his blood to apply
a sect mark for Duryodhana.

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On his younger brother
Krishna's insistence

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he allowed Bhima to live.

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He placed his mace
on his shoulder,

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and marched on his way.

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Balaram has left.

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And Shri Krishna was standing

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by the shores of
the lake in the forest

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along with the Pandavas and the
injured Duryodhana on ground.

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His thigh was shattered
and the blood was oozing out.

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But he was announced

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as the winner
because of the sect mark.

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Duryodhana slid
to a nearby stone.

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Even while he was nearing
death, his face was happy.

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His eyes were haloed

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reflecting the glory
of the Kaurava clan.

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Along with Madhava,
the Pandavas

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were watching, stunned.

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Just like a king,
Duryodhana sits on a stone

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and says to Yudhishthir
that he is the elder brother.

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Because he was born first.

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Actually, what happened was,

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the mother of the Kauravas,
Gandhari was pregnant

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but her pregnancy
seemed to carry on endlessly.

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So she got restless and started

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hitting herself on the stomach.

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Due to a premature delivery

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a ball of flesh was born.

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The physicians said that
the ball of flesh is alive.

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Then according to the
suggestions of the Acharya,

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the ball of flesh

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was divided into 101 parts.

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And every part was placed
inside a pot.

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The pots were filled with
clarified butter and sealed.

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After some time,
a pot was broken open

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and Duryodhana came out.

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After that his
brother Dushasana.

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Then the other 98 brothers.

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And from the last pot,
there came a small girl,

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whose name was Duhsala.

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This was the story
of the Kauravas' birth.

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The story of the birth of the
Pandavas is interesting too.

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The mother of the Pandavas,
Kunti

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was given a 'mantra' by
the sage Durvasa.

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She could use it
to pray to any God at any time,

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and be blessed
with a son of God.

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While receiving the boon,

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Kunti was unmarried.

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But out of curiosity

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she invoked the Sun God.

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And she gave birth
to the Suryaputra Karna.

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Suryaputra Karna!

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He was born with the
divine armour and earrings.

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But the unmarried Kunti

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was scared after
delivering the son.

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And she let her son
Karna adrift on the river.

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A 'Shudra' raised that son.

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Hence, he was called
as 'Shudraputra.'

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But Duryodhana

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honoured him by
appointing him as king of Anga.

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He became 'Angaraj Karna'
from a 'Shudraputra.'

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He joined the Kauravas in

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the Mahabharat war.

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After that Kunti got married

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to Pandu.

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But she was unable to

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to conceive a child with Pandu.

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So she then prayed
to 'Dharmadev.'

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And she was blessed with
'Dharmaputra Yudhishthir.'

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After that she was blessed with
Pawanputra Bhima from Pawandev.

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And Indraputra
Arjuna from Lord Indra.

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After that, Kunti shared the
mantra with Pandu's second wife

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Madari.

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Madari prayed to
the Ashwini Kumars.

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The Ashwini Kumars were twins.

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So, Madari gave
birth to twin sons.

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Nakul and Sahadev!

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Yudhishthir was born
before Duryodhana.

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Because the demigods
born because of the mantras

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didn't gestate as
normal children do.

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According to the Acharya and
other Gurus,

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Yudhishthir was
to get the throne.

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But Duryodhana
always thought that

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because the Pandavas
were sons of Gods

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so the Acharya is
defending them.

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Listen, Yudhishthir.
I'm the eldest son.

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I came into the womb first.

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You were given birth to
by your mother,

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I came out after
breaking the pot.

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You got your mother's love,

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I was breastfeed by a servant.

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You are the son of Dharmaraja

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you were honoured by everyone.

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Vidur, grandfather and Acharya

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loved the sons of Gods.

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While the 100 hundred
sons of the blind king

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were merely given
a show of loyalty.

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You are the son of Dharma.

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He is the son of Indra.

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He is the son of Vayu.

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While defending
you, the sons of Gods,

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the Gurus failed to
pay attention to us.

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One day Dronacharya,

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was teaching archery

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to his disciples in the forest.

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A dog started barking there

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and started disturbing them.

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Everyone was thinking
about silencing the dog.

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There came an arrow
all of a sudden

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and it hit the dog's
throat in such a way

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that the dog was alive

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but he lost his capacity to
bark.

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Dronacharya was
extremely impressed by this.

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And he tried to find out

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who the impressive archer was.

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When he came to know

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that the arrow was
aimed by the prince of

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the Nishadha Adivasi tribe,
Eklavya

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he reached his house
while searching for Eklavya.

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And he asked him about his Guru.

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Eklavya took him
inside his house.

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And he showed
him a statue of mud.

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He said that he is my Guru.

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Dronacharya was
stunned to see that statue

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because it was his statue.

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Eklavya said
to Guru Dronacharya,

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Gurudev, I came to
your hermitage to learn.

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But you rejected me because

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I was not a 'Kshatriya.'

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Then I returned with
the mud that you walked on.

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I have made this statue
with the same mud.

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So you are my Guru.

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Dronacharya wished

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that Lord Indra's son Arjuna

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should be the greatest archer.

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But he also knew that, Eklavya

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was a far better archer
than Arjuna.

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In order to pave
the way for Arjuna,

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Dronacharya said to Eklavya.

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If I'm your Guru,

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then I want my Guru Dakshina.

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When Eklavya agreed,

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Guru Dronacharya

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asked him to cut off the
thumb of his right hand.

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Eklavya kept his promise.

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He used his left hand,

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and cut off the thumb
of his right hand

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and gave it to Dronacharya.

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Drona was such
a callous and cruel person

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that he asked Eklavya
to cut off his thumb

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so Arjuna became
the greatest archer.

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He always hated Karna.

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Once the Pandavas
erected a city in

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the name of Arjuna's father,
Lord Indra.

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The city was called
'Indraprastha.'

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It's the present day Delhi.

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The mansions were so huge

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that one used to get
confused between

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water and the floors.

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During the inauguration
of Indraprastha

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the Kauravas were invited too.

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The Kauravas reached and

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Duryodhana was taking a stroll.

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At one of the mansion,
he thought there was water.

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He tried to escape

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but then he took a closer look.

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The reflection was visible

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but it was on the
floor and not on water.

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It was so shiny that
it appeared like water.

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He went ahead.

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This was real water.

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He thought that it
is the floor.

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He moved ahead

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and fell into the water.

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Draupadi started laughing
from a balcony upstairs.

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And she said.

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The son of the
blind is blind too!

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Duryodhana always
remembered this humiliation.

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And that was the reason

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that he wanted to
humiliate Draupadi.

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Yes.

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My father was
blind from his birth.

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It wasn't hereditary,
it was incidental.

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But by saying a
son of a blind father

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your wife poked fun at me.

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"By being greedy, by
losing your senses."

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"You rolled a dice."

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"You lost your wife."

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"Then you say that's cheating."

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So this was the end of a chapter

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from that epic story

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wherein reside millions
of stories.

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But this is the
beginning of the efforts

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to see this epic story

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with a truthful perspective.

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And to test for yourself

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which side we are standing on.

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With the righteous?

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Or with the unrighteous?

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Or perhaps...

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Keep watching, Mahabharat!

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The end or the beginning?