Mahabharat

Friend Karna

you and only you

shall slay those Pandavas!

Friend Duryodhan

my father deserves to be the commander-in-chief!

Friend Ashwatthama, age alone does not decide authority.

Faith is authority.

And I have no faith in Master Drona.

Master Drona favours the Pandavas.

But, friend

my father cannot fight the war under the leadership of Karna!

Other than Grandsire Bheeshma

he cannot follow anyone else's orders!

I consider that my misfortune.

But, friend

I have a question for you.

Are you in my favour?

I hope you remember, Ashwatthama

your father bestowed Arjun with the knowledge of 'Brahmastra'

and not you. - 'I want the 'Brahmastra', father.'

'Son, in order to acquire the 'Brahmastra''

'you must prove your worth.'

'Isn't being your son worthy enough?'

'Before you hand over the 'Brahmastra' to Arjun'

'I want the 'Brahmastra', father!'

Friend Karna

all your life you have dreamt of slaying Arjun.

Today, I am giving you the opportunity

to fulfill that dream.

Brace yourself

to slay Arjun.

Are you ready for tomorrow's battle, Arjun?

I am prepared for justice, Krishna.

Tomorrow, at Kurukshetra

the King of Anga Karna will enter.

And he shall have just one motive

and that is to defeat the 'Gandiva' wielding Arjun.

Karna, the King of Anga, has had only one motive, Krishna.

My death.

But that will not be fulfilled in this lifetime.

So much faith on your powers, Arjun?

Do not forget

that Karna is blessed with powers from Lord Indra.

He will use those only against you.

Once Karna chants your name

and shoots that arrow

it will not go in vain.

No armour in the world will be able to protect you.

Life and death are a myth.

After having explained this to me

are you trying to scare me, Krishna?

The battle mattered to me

only as long as Grandsire fought.

Now there won't be a battle at Kurukshetra.

Time is now cleansing the society.

Even Lord Indra's powers

are helpless in front of time.

I have utmost faith in the power of knowledge imparted by you.

I need no armour, Krishna.

Father.

I cannot take orders from a charioteer's son!

It is impossible for me!

So.. So, won't you be present at the battlefield?

This is not a battlefield for me, son!

Until today I sided with Duryodhan because of you.

Because you are bound by your friend!

And I..

I am bound by you.

I was helpless.

When giving birth to a pearl the oyster dies.

When giving birth to a fruit the flower dies.

That is how parents' love is.

They cannot give up on their children.

Ashwatthama, my son

I am sure that now even you will abstain from your friend

for your father.

The day Master Drona has to face insult

that is the very day he dies!

You will definitely not want your father to die.

Grandsire.

Before entering the battlefield

I am here to pay you my respect.

I have no blessings

to grant you, king of Anga.

I know, Grandsire, that you hate my very identity.

You have always insulted me.

You have always tried to keep me away from Hastinapur.

But, Grandsire

the respect I have for you never reduced.

You are a fool, son of Kunti.

Yes.

I know that you are the son of Kunti.

That you're the offspring of the Sun God.

You are the older brother of the five Pandavas.

And not just now

I have known this for years, son.

You are divine.

And

not out of hatred

but out of pity

I tried to keep you away from Hastinapur.

Because I knew

that the very touch of bronze

turns gold white.

But there is no change in bronze.

In the same manner, the greater the divinity

the faster is the downfall.

You know the secret of my birth, Grandsire.

But do you know the secret of my life?

When the entire society rejects a person

his entire life seems like death to him.

A person drowning in a river

tries to climb to a crocodile's back to save himself.

When the entire society rejects one

he cannot gain knowledge of what is just and what isn't.

I know, lad.