Mahabharat

Son Karna, your mother is here.

Hoping to get something in charity from you.

Will you be able to make her an offering?

Queen Mother.

No, son.

Just mother.

Your mother.

It took tremendous courage to come to you.

Tremendous courage...

It took so long for a Warrior's mother

to gather courage?

At the time of your birth

I didn't have the courage.

I had to face the entire society.

I could have accepted

my character being questioned

but

what about my father's honour?

How could've I tarnished that, son?

Definitely your father's dignity must have been more valuable

than your son's life.

No, son.

I have committed a big mistake.

I lacked the sense to understand

the result that my mistake would yield.

I am the result of your mistake.

My entire life is the result of your mistake.

I...

I'm here to rectify that mistake, son.

I'm here to be your mother.

Now you come to be my mother?

Now you come?

What do I do about that mother of mine

who has stayed up

for many nights, weeping

whenever I slept hungry?

Whenever someone ridiculed me upon seeing a bow in my hand

she held my hand

and taught me tolerance.

What do I do about that mother

who is weeping right now

because now people will no more address me as her son

but as someone else's son?

What do I do about that mother

who embraced me

when you abandoned me?

What do I do about that mother?

Abandoning you

was my mistake.

Please forgive me, son. Forgive me.

But

I am here now

as your mother.

We can change the circumstances, son.

We can change everything.

How can one change the past, Queen Mother?

You had abandoned me.

Can you change that?

I was always in front of you

but you never accepted me.

Can you change this situation?

My younger brothers are my enemies, today.

Can you change this situation?

A fruit fallen off a tree

cannot be put back on the tree, Queen Mother.

No one can change the past.

Neither you, nor me... No one.

Your son has drowned in the tide of misfortune

in which you had abandoned him.

Queen Mother.

Please

help me find my son, Karna.

Where will you look for him?

Even after the inferno has calmed down

you can feel the heat in the ashes.

In the same manner

even your son is burning

in the flames of pain and humiliation.

Don't try to find him now, Queen Mother.

We can end this complexity, this bitterness, son.

Now, you will no more receive pain

insult or tears.

You will now be called a Pandava.

You'll be referred to as the eldest of my sons.

Abandon Duryodhana's side, son.

Come to the side of your brothers and guide them.

Abandon my friend?

The hand that helped me gain foot during troubled times...

You want me to leave that hand?

If this is how I repay for all the favours bestowed on me

will that make you proud of me?

Duryodhana has always been unrighteous.

Why are you taking his side, son? - Because he had once

committed a righteous deed.

In the arena, that day

he kept aside caste, creed

social classes, position and everything

and offered his friendship to me.

The righteous grandsire Bhishma never did any such thing.

The knowledgeable mentor Drona never did this.

Even the person who gave birth to me