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Wait, Keshav!

You took an oath not to take up arms in this war!

I also took an oath to protect and uphold dharm, Arjun.

But if you feel you cannot take up arms, then I have no choice but to intervene.

Calm down, Madhav! Calm down!

Forgive me, Vasudev.

Forgive me.

I give you my word that from this moment,

I shall fight the enemy with all the strength that I have.

Hmm.

Think again, Arjun.

Your Guru Dron and your Pitamah Bhishm are also amongst your enemies.

I hope you will not forget your oath when you confront them.

Do not forget this either, Arjun,

that I was granted a boon to choose my time of death.

Only I can decide my moment of death.

Do you think you can stop me?

I will neither forget my vow…

…nor my duty as a Kshatriya warrior!

KURUKSHETRA

BHISHM

Countless formidable weapons,

divine and otherwise,

and the deadliest of them all was time.

Which, in a mere 18 days,

changed the history of the world…

…and its future too.

Both sides stood equal in Kurukshetra.

The Pandavs had Krishn.

And the Kauravs had Bhishm.

Huh?

Your Majesty, it has been nine days since the war began.

Don't count the days, Sanjay. Give me the news.

Fifteen of your sons were martyred in battle, Your Majesty.

And I fear, ever since I left, there may have been more--

At whose hands?

Bheem.

Bheem!

Fifteen sons!

How will I ever convey this news to Gandhari?

Your Majesty.

Sanjay, you have conveyed your message to the father.

Now, do you have any news for King Dhritrashtra of Hastinapur?

Yes, Your Majesty.

On the whole, the Kaurav army still has the upper hand.

Just as I thought!

Pitamah Bhishm will not rest until he avenges the death of my sons,

I'm sure of that.

Durmukh, Vikarna, Dushasan and Duryodhan.

Huh!

A plague upon this earth!

A plague that I shall rid the world of.

Nakul. Sahdev.

-Uh… I am Nakul, Brother Bheem. -And I am Sahdev.

I must say, the two of you look so alike.

You should be turning this to your advantage in battle.

Because, wherever I look, there seems to be Pitamah Bhishm.

It's as if a hundred Pitamahs are fighting all at once!

-Hmm. -Hmm?

Shri Krishn has called for an assembly to discuss this very matter, Brother.

This paste will relieve you of some pain, Duryodhan.

These wounds will heal soon, Pitamah.

But what about the pain in my heart?

What do you mean?

That Arjun is less than a speck of dust for you,

and yet you're shying away from fighting him.

Arjun listens to every word of counsel from his charioteer, Krishn.

But would you listen to just one piece of advice from your commander?

Command me, Pitamah!

Not a command, Duryodhan. A word of advice.

Call for peace.

There is no victory to be had in this war.

There is only defeat.

What else can one expect you to say, Pitamah?

You are the reason this war is still dragging on.

Had I been commander,

I would have killed Arjun on the very first day

and ended the war.

Boastful words do not bring glory, Karn.

For that, you have to fight a war, which is what I am doing.

You dare to question my dedication?

There is only one thing

standing between the Kauravs' defeat and the Pandavs' victory,

and that is me!

You know this very well, and so do the Pandavs.

If the Kauravs are to be defeated, then Bhishm must be removed from our path.

Do not forget

that while he may be our enemy, he is also our Pitamah.

That may be so, but let me remind you, he's also a coward!

And he did nothing to stop Duryodhan from dishonouring Draupadi.

Defeating him is an absolute must!

But how will we?

Pitamah cannot be defeated unless he is killed.

And he has the boon to choose his time of death.

I know a way.

There is only one person on earth who can tell us how to kill Pitamah Bhishm.

Only I can decide my moment of death.

Pitamah Bhishm himself.

Will we never see mother and father again?

Don't say such things. It makes me miss them!

Enough! Now be quiet!

Talking just makes you both even heavier.

Nakul, Sahdev,

our father Pandu and your mother Madri…

are no more.

Hmm.

Mother, what a huge palace! Will they let us live here?

-This is your palace, Arjun. -Hmm?

Your father, Pandu, was once a king here.

Beyond those walls, lives our own family.

You have many cousins. A 100 brothers.

Would you not like to play with all of them? Hmm?

But if there are a hundred of them already,

then why would they bother with the five of us?

Huh?

Hmm. Hyah!

Look over there! A horseman!

Take a look at his beard. It's so long!

And so white!

And so curly!

Huh?

Hmm.

Children, look who's coming all the way to greet you

and take you to the palace.

The son of King Shantanu and Goddess Ganga!

Your granduncle,

Pitamah Bhishm.

Yes, I see them, Mother.

My grandsons. My five Pandavs.

Beware, my sons.

I'm unarmed, yet a warrior.

I can turn the tables on you in the blink of an eye.

No, Pitamah.

We have only come to inquire of your well-being.

At this hour?

We have come to remind you of what you had said earlier.

What promise is that?

Remember, Yudhishthir, I am like your grandfather.

I am always there for you if you need advice.

Hmm.

We wish to know the way to defeat the great warrior Bhishm.

You are asking me how you can kill me?

Go, get some rest.

And let me rest as well.

Consider this a blessing from you to your grandsons.

Hmm.

You're the one who said, "May victory be yours."

So please, show them the way to victory.

Krishn.

-So, it is you who brought them here. -Hmm.

I only have one thing to say.

There is no man present on earth

and no god up in the heavens who can kill me.

The solution to the Pandavs' problem

lay in Bhishm's answer.

All they needed to do was decipher it.

Son of Dron, Ashwatthama, defend yourself, if you can!

You should worry about my attack, Shikhandi?

"There is no man present on earth… " Hmm. So, who's left?

Hmm…

A woman.

Welcome, princes and great warriors from all over Bharat!

Today, Princesses Amba, Ambika and Ambalika

will choose their husbands at this swayamvar.

In this ceremony today, we shall-- Huh?

Bhishm at a swayamvar?

Has he renounced his lifelong vow of celibacy all of a sudden?

Perhaps his vow has aged over the years like himself.

Hyah!

What are you looking at, Keshav?

I'm looking at the means to defeat Pitamah Bhishm.

Shikhandi?

Hmm…

Shikhandi, the man, or Shikhandini, the woman?

While the princes at the swayamvar ceremony

mocked and ridiculed Bhishm,

he abducted Princesses Amba, Ambika and Ambalika

right from under their noses,

with the intention of marrying them to his brother Vichitravirya.

But who can overrule the heart?

Not Bhishm, not Princess Amba,

not her lover, King Salva.

Bhishm, you villain!

Return Princess Amba to me at once!

Do not be afraid, Princess Amba.

You will not come to any harm.

The past was slowly casting its sinister shadow over Kurukshetra.

And from that shadow emerged a demon, Alambush.

His dark powers made Bhishm's arrows seem even sharper.

Do you remember

how you got through the long and hard incognito year of your exile

disguised as a woman?

But how is that relevant now?

Once again, you must turn to a woman for help

to save your brothers from the darkness that engulfs them.

Shikhandi?

Today, Shikhandi shall ride your chariot.

As you command, Madhav.

Use the great warrior Shikhandi as your battle shield

and dispel this darkness for the Pandavs, Arjun.

Hyah!

Hyah!

Shikhandi?

Hmm.

Ashwatthama, I shall not spare you!

Hyah!

Hyah!

Hyah!

Mmph.

I was told that you were really worried about me.

So, I have left everything behind and come here to be with you.

Princess Amba,

it is King Salva whom you truly love.

And I returned you

to your beloved King Salva at your request.

That arrogant man cares less about me and more about losing to you.

He changed his mind and refused to marry me.

I have no one now. Please provide shelter to me, Bhishm.

I have…

I have seen affection for me in your eyes, I'm sure of it.

Princess,

to have a beauty like you by my side would be a matter of pride.

But I've taken a lifelong vow of celibacy--

You are the reason for my current state, Bhishm.

So, I'm your responsibility now.

My vow of celibacy is unbreakable, Princess.

Please understand my predicament.

Please accept this bracelet as a gift from me.

I am afraid this is all I can do for you.

You would rather dishonour a woman so horribly than break your vow?

I will remember this humiliation through lifetimes, Bhishm.

"There is no man on earth, and no god up in the heavens."

Those were your words, were they not, Pitamah?

Meet your end. Shikhandi.

Yah!

Alambush.

The time has come to dispel this dark cloud you have cast upon us.

Hmm.

These are Arjun's arrows.

They do not hurt at all.

The only arrows that hurt are the ones with the crescent tips.

Shikhandi!

Come, come, Princess Amba!

The time has finally come to fulfil the boon

you once received from Lord Shiva.

Lord Shiva will take away all your pain and suffering.

Come. Have this potion.

Have it.

Huh?

An incredible feat.

Unlike anything seen or heard before.

A feat that would dwarf the grandest of illusions!

With Lord Shiva's blessings,

Sthunakarn transformed Amba, a woman, into a man.

Shikhandi, whose life's sole purpose was the death of Bhishm.

It was to Bhishm's detriment

that, despite the transformation, he could see Amba, not Shikhandi.

A woman of extraordinary beauty.

And how could Bhishm raise his weapon against a woman?

Huh?

Pitamah Bhishm!

Or could it be that Bhishm's eyes

still held the unspoken love that only Amba had ever seen?

Save our commander! He is in danger!

Someone save him!

Bhishm!

Please accept this bracelet as a gift from me.

I'm afraid this is all I can do for you.

Please understand my predicament.

All that is dark

The light you see

All illusion

Ends with me

Come forward, be one with me

The end is the destiny

This earth below, the stars above

This is Kurukshetra, this is Kurukshetra