Mahabharat

As long as you are the King of Hastinapur

I shall serve you and Hastinapur as a servant

and deem every word of yours an order.

Every living moment of my life

will be spent in protecting you.

But today...

Today, you must divide this kingdom.

And declare Yudhishthir King.

Give the sons of Pandu

just one opportunity to lead a happy life, dear.

Just one opportunity...

As you say, uncle.

Be seated on your throne.

Division of the Kuru kingdom! How is that possible?

Maybe it is their way of ousting the son of Pandu, Yudhishthir

and keeping him from becoming the King of Hastinapur.

That is why, by giving him another kingdom

they are driving him away from the state.

In other words, Hastinapur will now be ruled

by the sons of Dhritarashtra!

I will leave Hastinapur and reside in the new city.

But how can we leave? Our entire world belongs here.

The ones who can leave with the sons of Pandu are fortunate.

We would truly be fortunate

when we get to see Crown Prince Yudhishthir become the King.

Hear all! Hear all!

The son of Pandu and the Kuru dynasty's daughter-in-law

the daughter of Drupad, Panchali

are making their entrance!

My dear

I do not see joy on your face.

What should I rejoice for, uncle?

That old geyser made Yudhishthir King

and crushed my dreams of becoming one forever.

When did I ask you to experience joy?

But you must pretend, my dear.

If you pretend to be happy

then you will also find

the reason to rejoice.

Greetings, His Highness!

Son of Pandu, Yudhishthir

you may present your proposal to His Highness now.

If those people are given

the fertile region near the bank of the Ganges, uncle

then I will break the peace treaty

and attack that region tomorrow itself.

Calm down, my dear. Calm down.

I keep telling you...

The ones who walk on the path of righteousness

are the most susceptible to unrighteous ploys.

Just wait and watch.

May the Kuru King be victorious!

Your Highness, I, the son of Pandu, Yudhishthir

by respecting your wishes

accept a portion of the Kuru kingdom

as a part of the treaty.

Allow me to be crowned the King, Your Highness.

You have my permission, Yudhishthir.

But

before you are crowned the King, you must tell me

which region of the Kuru kingdom you wish to have.

Excluding the city of Hastinapur

you may ask for any other region of the Kuru kingdom

but its expanse...

Its expanse

should not be more than half of the Kuru kingdom.

Go ahead and ask, Yudhishthir.

What do you want?

Your Highness

numerous regions

were made prosperous with your labour

and if I am made the King of any of those regions

then it would not denote my valour.

While transferring his property to his son

a father feels overjoyed

but when a son earns his property

through hard work and labour

his father is left ecstatic.

You are like my father, Your Highness.

I wish to inherit your strength and competence

and not property.

That is why, Your Highness

we brothers have decided

that with your permission

we would like to go to Khandavprastha

and build a new city there.

My dear

did you find the reason to rejoice now?

Dear Yudhishthir

you do not know about Khandavprastha.

I know, grandsire.

The Yaduvanshi King

Sudarshan, had his kingdom there many years ago.

Lord Indra once cursed that kingdom

which made all the water there to dry up.