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When you reached the Pandava camp

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the festival and celebration
was joyful and vibrant.

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Shikhandi was dancing

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in Dhristhadhyumna's camp.

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Mahabharat.

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The story of the righteous against
the unrighteous

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which every child remembers
even today.

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By heart.

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They say, that history

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is written in favor
of the victorious.

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Is this story truly

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about the war between the righteous
and the unrighteous?

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Or is this merely

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a perception

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which has been passing for
the truth

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since years?

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Because if we look closer

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the lines between righteous and
unrighteous

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seem just as blurred

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as the decisions

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made by both sides in this war.

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Were the Kauravas completely
unrighteous?

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And the Pandavas
were the guardians of good?

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Was deceit used

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by only one faction?

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Were the Pandavas

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completely absolved of sin?

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These are some of the questions

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which must be answered

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and this show will seek them.

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Mahabharata.

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The end

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or the beginning.

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His face was crumpled due to pain.

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But there was a
slight smile on his lips.

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He heard the sound of footsteps.

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Ashwatthama was near him.

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As he hugged his friend

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Duryodhana's throat
thickened up with emotion.

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Kripacharya treated the wound.

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Kritaverma brought some water.

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Death was rendered timid.

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That was such a lovely scene.

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The blood certainly
stopped flowing.

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But the tears kept streaming.

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In the presence of beloved friends

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he described the events that
transpired.

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The arguments,
and rebuttals and analysis

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were summarized by him.

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Aswhatthama.

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You are my friend.

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I have hopes from you.

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I hereby declare you

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the commander of the Kuru army.

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The army has been
scattered and disbanded.

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But the war still goes on.

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Everything depends on you.

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Now it's your turn, my friend.

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While appointing Ashwatthama
the commander of the Kaurava army

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on that night, Duryodhana
did not mention

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that he must win Hastinapur.

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In fact he wanted

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that the Pandava clan

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should be destroyed.

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He gave the command
to ensure that the Pandava clan

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would have no heirs
to his new commander, Ashwatthama.

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Like the bull

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the snake, like the crocodile

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be the poison that seeps in.

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Give up the rules, regulations and
the protocols.

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Let this clan not have
any more heirs.

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Duryodhana sat up and

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used his blood to apply
the sect mark on you.

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Your heart was touched

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by compassion, love and attachment.

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At that moment a banyan tree

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near the lake

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rang with the shrieks of crows.

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Taking advantage of the dark

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a lone owl

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attacked many crows
that lived on the banyan tree

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all by himself.

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Before the crows realized
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the owl had

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crushed all the eggs laid
in the nests of the crows.

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Then he dropped the nests down.

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The achievement of the lone
owl inspired Aswhatthama

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and on that very night

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he decided to attack.

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Suddenly, there was agonized
shriek

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heard from the nearby banyan tree.

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The unhappy cawing

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made the heart and the
ears tremble.

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A lone owl

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attacked the crows.

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It crushed all the eggs

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laid in the nests on the branches.

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You saw the concealed sign

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that this incident bore.

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The attack will take place
tonight.

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You decided to do that.

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Oh king, we will leave now.

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These three of us

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are an army.

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We will not return empty handed.

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You have to

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keep breathing.

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They lit fires on both sides of
him

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and the king was left
lying on the ground.

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With both the warriors

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you ran away at great speed.

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That was the end of another chapter

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of the great epic

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wherein reside a million
other stories.

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But this is the beginning
of an attempt

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to perceive this epic

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from a truthful perspective.

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To gauge for oneself

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which side we are on.

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The righteous?

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Or the unrighteous?

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Or perhaps...

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Keep watching.

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Mahabharata.

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The end

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or the beginning.