Mahabharat

Their powers had been snatched through treachery in this court.

Return their powers to them.

That will be sufficient.

Yes! Of course!

I return the property and the kingdom of the Pandavas

right at this moment.

Impossible!

You have no right to give away my property, father.

Duryodhan...

Keep quiet, foolish Prince!

Have mercy on Hastinapur.

Stay quiet.

Stay quiet! I would have surely done so.

Let us assume that the entire game

was based on dishonesty and deceit.

You must also admit that you have quietly

allowed this dishonesty and deceit to take place.

Even you admit that all of you

are to blame as much as I am.

Admit it!

If this game...

The rules of this game were drafted

by grandsire Bhishma

and both the parties

had adhered to the rules.

If the game was unlawful

then, all of you are the culprits.

If not, then even I am blameless.

Is there anyone present at this court

who can say that this game

was based on dishonesty and deceit?

Is there any such person?

Silence still reigns in the court.

Is no one still doubtful about their conscience?

Do all of you not know

that the silence of a pious person

is considered a greater crime

that the words of an evil person?

Remember this, knowledgeable ones...

Duryodhan will definitely be punished for his sins.

But before that

all the people present at this court

will be punished for staying silent.

This is a curse

by Draupadi, the one born from a sacrificial fire.

Mankind has always subjected women

to exploitation, injustice

and humiliation.

Look around yourself.

Look at all of history.

That's all you will see.

Men's jealousy, lust, pride, enmity...

Women suffer the consequences

of all these negative emotions.

Men indulge in battle

but the women of the defeated kingdoms are tormented.

Men lose their property while drinking and gambling.

And women?

Women are destined to starve.

Men, overcome by their pride

restrict women's freedom, ruin their happiness.

Men get defeated at the hands of life

and give up their families.

And women?

Women keep struggling

to feed

their small children.

Count all the sufferings in this universe.

It will be very apparent

that compared to men, women suffer much more.

What kind of a society have we created?

Wherein, one half of mankind relentlessly

exploits the other half.

And those exploited women

give birth to the next generation of mankind.

Look at the nature.

Those seeds which give birth to new plants

are surrounded by petals.

They are surrounded by colour and perfume.

The place where the future is conceived

should be surrounded only by beauty, happiness

contentment and respect.

Is that not so?

But by making women suffer

the society makes the future generations suffer.

Torture, exploitation, pain...

After experiencing such torment

how can women give birth

to happy and healthy progeny?

Hence

whenever any woman is humiliated

exploited

whenever a woman's hair is pulled

in some form or the other

the seed of a battle is sown.

In some form or the other,

an epic

begins.

Judge for yourselves.

Do so again and again.

Your Highness

your decision to return the Pandavas' property

their kingdom

their weapons

and their freedom

to them, is right.

But even Duryodhan's objection is justified, Your Highness.

Thus,

I propose a compromise.

If your courtiers permit me