Mahabharat

Here, master

rest your head on my thighs and continue to rest.

Karna

I am habitual of taking rest on stones and rocks.

You're habituated, master, but it's not a necessity.

Give me a chance to serve you. Please come.

Forgive me, master.

This...

This bug bit me and I bled

hence your sleep was disturbed.

Forgive me, master.

Oh, God!

Such a deep cut!

Such severe pain!

Yet you didn't move!

You stayed firm!

No!

Who are you?

Who are you?

I...

I am your disciple, master. - Impossible!

Only a Brahman can be my disciple.

And you, undoubtedly, are not a Brahman.

Had you been a Brahman

such patience

and so much tolerance

wouldn't have been your traits.

Tell me honestly. Who are you?

I...

I'm not a Brahman, master.

I'm the son of a Suta.

But you had told me

that you're a Brahman.

You lied to me?

You cheated me!

The truth has always humiliated me, master.

Had I told you

that I'm not a Brahman but a Suta

then I'd have returned disappointed again.

You fool

you have committed a very big mistake.

If you had shared your pain with me

then I would have definitely

sent you to a qualified teacher.

Karna

I am not

an opposer of caste or lineage.

I had

sworn to teach only Brahmans.

My grandfather sage Rucheeka, all his life

taught people of all lineages the veneration of Lord Shiva.

If you had said the truth, dear...

If you had taken the path of truth

then you would have definitely been benefitted.

Karna

how could you forget

that lies

are synonymous with a weak nous?

And no form of education in the world

gives results to weaklings, dear.

Not at all!

Just like the leaves of some trees

do sway in the warmth of the sun

but wither off during the winters...

Karna

in the same manner

a weak person's knowledge

gets destroyed at the time of a test.

It is of no use to him.

This is not a curse, dear.

It is a reality!

The truth of life!

Go, Karna!

There will be a point in your life

when it will be the moment of the biggest test in your life

and at that very moment

your knowledge will leave your side.

It will disappear.

It will not be of any use to you.

Lord Parashuram

I regret being unaware of your generosity.

God does not differentiate unlike the common man

and I couldn't comprehend it.

I weighed God against the common man.

It was my mistake.

These words, that are a result of your disappointment...

I accept them as your sacrament, master.

Won't you bless your disciple, Lord?

Your struggle

and your mistake

both in the times to come

will guide many a youth.

This is my blessing, dear.

May you have a long life.

'Near Hastinapur.'

'Before the princes' return from the seminary.'

Go tell the king of Gandhar Shakuni

that Guru Drona's son

Ashwatthama has come.

With the message of Prince Duryodhan.

Your Highness

Guru Drona's son is here. He wishes to meet you.

Greetings to Shakuni, the King of Gandhar.

Marvellous!

You have applied ashes on your body

and carry weapons too.

My past is that of a Brahman, and my future that of a king.

Hence I prepare myself for protecting both

my body and my soul.

This means, master Dronacharya has conspired to shake off

the political condition of the Arya dynasty.

Which state is it?

With time, even that shall be revealed, Your Highness.

But right now, the question is not about me

but my friend, Duryodhan.

Duryodhan said

'You had promised the throne of Hastinapur, uncle.'

'Do you remember that or...'

My child!

My child!