Mahabharat

Just give the Pandavas what they ask for, Your Highness.

Heed my advice!

Give them what they want even if it is in excess but

stop His Excellency Bhishma.

Make him the servant

of Hastinapur

so that in the future

going against any of your decisions

would not be an option for him.

All hail His Highness!

His Excellency wishes to come in.

Your Highness.

Your Highness!

Greetings, His Excellency.

I apologize, uncle.

You may punish me as you like. I...

I shall accept it, uncle.

Why are you sitting on the floor, dear?

Sit on the throne.

The King of Hastinapur

sits on the floor only during a 'yajna.'

I am no longer the King of Hastinapur, uncle.

The right to be seated on the throne...

I had lost it long ago.

You are the King

and will stay so for a long time.

Now

according to Vidur's suggestion

the kingdom

needs to be divided.

And you need to give the Pandavas half the kingdom.

Which part of the kingdom will we get, uncle?

Is there any other city in the Kuru kingdom

which we can make our capital?

I know that, dear.

Believe me.

I have no intention of being unjust to you.

However

we are being lenient to Duryodhan.

Of that I am sure.

But my hands are tied.

What do you mean by that?

When one upholds justice with no love in his heart

no righteousness

or happiness

but has just a fatigue

and the sole desire to end further labour

and in order to placate a person

when he is rewarded

or given a present

instead of being punished

it is called leniency.

The truth is, such a situation

is the defeat of the one upholding justice.

It is his failure.

I have laboured enough, Dhritarashtra.

Dear

to make sure the Kuru kingdom always houses righteousness

I have struggled endlessly my entire life

and taken to arms when needed.

I require rest now.

I...

I shall go away with Yudhishthir.

You may stay here with your son

and rule the kingdom by walking on the path of righteousness.

What!

You will go away, uncle?

If you go away with that Yudhishthir

then who will protect my kingdom?

I am...

I am blind.

I...

I have no eyesight, uncle.

How will I be able to protect my kingdom?

Who will respect me, uncle?

If I give Yudhishthir half the kingdom

then the prosperity of Hastinapur

will get halved, uncle.

No...

No.

If you go away

then Hastinapur will be robbed of its strength, uncle.

It will be robbed of its strength...

Then what will I do with such a kingdom, uncle?

I...

Like the roar of an old lion

my voice too

will get drowned, uncle.

I will have no competence.

No one will be afraid of me, uncle.

No one will be afraid...

You will have to give Yudhishthir half the kingdom, Dhritarashtra.

Why should I, uncle?

Why should I give him half the kingdom, uncle?

If you go away with him, he will have the competence.

But what will I be left with?

Weakness?

His prosperity will magnify with each passing day, uncle

but mine?

Mine will decrease with each passing day.

Then how will dividing the kingdom benefit me?

It would truly be just, uncle

when even if he takes prosperity from me

the strength...

The strength would remain with me.

Or maybe

he could have the strength and...

And prosperity would remain with me.

If he gets both then it would be unjust to me, uncle.

Possibly, you may get the lesser share

but

if doing so can avert a war within the Kuru kingdom

and establish peace in it, dear

then you should accept it whole-heartedly.