Mahabharat

Durochan

anyone more skilled than you in constructing a grand house

won't be found in Hastinapur.

That's why I have summoned you for this work.

The palace for Kunti and Pandavas

should stand shorter than other palaces, Durochan!

But make sure that from Duryodhan's sleeping chambers

the Pandavas' flag shouldn't be visible.

Don't worry, Your Highness.

I'll not give anyone a reason to be unsatisfied.

Disperse!

Duryodhan...

Son

why do you seem so dull? - I'm not dull

but I'm very furious, father!

Come close to me, son.

What's the problem, dear? - Problem?

The problem is that I hail from royalty.

The problem is that my father is an emperor.

Had I been born in a normal business family or at sculptor's

or a cowherd's family

I wouldn't have faced this problem.

What are you saying, son?

Every son is a successor to his father.

To acquire the livestock

a cowherd's son doesn't have to wait for coronation.

If the businessman's son is not competent enough

then his family faces a problem.

But if the king's son is not competent enough

then the entire kingdom faces problems, Duryodhan.

Well said.

Well said.

Even I was trying to explain

the same to Duryodhan

dear Gandhari.

Duryodhan

you've accepted

that you are the successor to your father

but it's

a disbelief.

Your father is helpless.

Till His Excellency Bhishma is the de facto authority

His Highness can't take any decision on his own. - Shakuni!

Forgive me, Your Highness

if I have said

something wrong.

I was just trying to explain him

that he'll have to prove his potential

or else Bhim and Yudhishthir

becoming recluses

can only be prayed for.

Keep quiet, Shakuni!

I've heard enough.

As an emperor of Hastinapur

only you will be enthroned, son.

It's a promise by your father.

The coronation ceremony will be conducted for you shortly.

Shortly.

I'll discuss with grandsire

about this matter. - But lord...

Buts

are obsolete, Gandhari.

Before speaking anything contrary

answer my question

and if not me, answer it to yourself.

Don't you want your son

to be enthroned as a king of Hastinapur?

Certainly

but I want my son to be a competent king

who values righteousness.

A golden crown is bejeweled only after it's moulded, Gandhari

and not before that.

When my son will become a king

he'll prove his competency.

Today I'll order Vidur for arranging the coronation.

Duryodhan

we'll have to plan out something

so that the sons of Pandu

leave Hastinapur and go away forever.

Create such a situation for them

that Kunti is compelled to take them

to Kuntibhoj.

I hope you're getting my point.

But why, uncle?

Father will anyway get me coronated.

My dear. You foolish darling!

It's Kuru empire.

Your grandsire Bhishma

will stop you from being coronated.

But why? - Because his love for Pandavas

is above all.

He sides with them. Just for this reason.

If they protest against me

even then grandsire will favour them.

But those five wouldn't protest at all, dear Duryodhan.

All the five of them

follow the path of righteousness

and those who tread that path

can be

meted out injustice in copious amounts.

Those following the path of inequity

aren't affected by righteousness, grandsire.

And Duryodhan

has started on the path of iniquity.

I have a fear, grandsire

that the future of Kuru lineage is going to be really dreadful.

There's nothing to be so upset about, Vidur.

A gardener fastens a creeper to a pole

and the creeper slowly

learns to climb on the pole.

If a child is given a lesson on what is just and unjust