Mahabharat

Let me go, father! - I said, stop.

Father, I have to go welcome them! - You are a fool.

Who asked you to welcome them in this manner?

Why? Did you not enjoy the spectacle?

I only wished to please the king.

You wished to please him?

Do you think competing against the king will please him?

You are better at archery than any 'Kshatriya'.

Upon knowing this, will it please the king or anger him?

I have explained it to you so many times.

The son of a charioteer should behave like one.

Son, your skills won't please the king

but your dedication towards him will.

No, father. Our king is not like that.

And look at the face of the Queen.

She has such an affectionate look.

Just like mother Radha.

Let me go, father!

No, Karna. Karna, no.

Look at that, your Highness.

A group of people from the forest are here.

They must have welcomed you so.

Long live King Pandu!

Long live King Pandu!

Long live King Pandu!

Four.

One, two, three, four.

One is bound to come across obstacles, Sanjay

but the one who knows how to overcome them

is the one who never loses.

But some obstacles

cannot be overcome, Shakuni.

Those are like shackles of fate.

True, your Highness.

You are absolutely correct.

Some obstacles are like shackles of fate.

Sanjay, tell me.

How will you overcome the obstacle you face?

If the dice roll...

Yes. If I score six points, I can overcome this obstacle.

In other words, the dice can liberate you from the shackles.

You need to befriend your dice, Sanjay.

Befriend them!

I am not talking about a game of dice

but about life. - Life!

Life!

I too am talking about life, your Highness.

It is all in our heads.

We have memories.

Walks on two legs.

We see him around us

but we

mistake him a for a human being, your Highness.

Who are you talking about, Shakuni?

Prince Pandu

who has recently returned after getting married.

To me, welcoming him is like rolling the dice right.

Sister, why is Gandhari not here?

Sukta said that

Dhritarashtra does not want Gandhari

to welcome the new couple.

But the new bride must be welcomed by Gandhari, sister.

Ambalika

even Gandhari was welcomed by Kripacharya's wife.

It was so for there was no married woman

in our family back then.

But if there is a married woman in the family

and yet we make someone else give the traditional welcome

wouldn't that be an ill omen, Queen Mother?

I shall let no ill omen befall my family, mother Ambalika.

Greetings, sister-in-law. - Greetings.

Greetings.

I welcome the Queen of Hastinapur.

Sister-in-law

My wife wishes to seek your blessings.

Do bless her.

What do I bless you with, Kunti?

A happy married life, children

a long live and welfare...

You have already been blessed with all this.

Bless her by saying that her wishes will come true

and that she will face no obstacles.

Recognize the pawns, your Highness

and keep rolling the dice.

All the obstacles

will be eliminated.

You are correct, mother Ambalika.

And blessings get rid of obstacles.

Where is brother Dhritarashtra?

Is he still angry?

Kunti, all the daughters-in-law of the family

install their family deities in this temple.

Give the priest the idol of your family deity

for the consecration ritual of the idol.

Sister-in-law

I have been blessed by everyone

but

neither did I get the blessings of brother-in-law

nor did I get to meet him.

In the journey from the kingdom of Kunti to Hastinapur

my Lord was talking only about his elder brother.

His valour, his generosity

his fondness towards my Lord...

He said

that if his elder brother blesses me

I would not require blessings

even from the Almighty.

I do not know, sister-in-law

whether or not I have the right to say this.

Please pardon me.

But, sister-in-law

what I heard in Kuntinagar

is making me a little restless.

Absence of a festoon at the entrance of a house

is not a matter of concern, sister-in-law.

But the presence of a single thorn in the orchard of a house

is not good.

There is no thorn in this orchard, Kunti.

Your brother-in-law has a very big heart.

To say it cannot house his brother and his wife in it

is out of the question.

If you have heard that there's a conflict between them

then it is untrue.

Some conniver must have started this rumour.

Your brother-in-law has boundless love for Pandu.

If love and deceit compete against each other

love always triumphs.

Deceit always triumphs, your Highness. - Deceit!

A warrior engages in a battle, Shakuni

and not in deceit.

Battle!

Battle.

Deceit is like a battle, your Highness.

A battle of the mind.

Do not consider deceit to be bad, your Highness.

The people who get hurt because of our actions

call it deceit

and the ones who benefit from it