Arjuna and Bhima find Jayadratha carrying Draupadi in his chariot. Arjuna shoots an arrow of fire that surrounds the chariot and stops it dead on track. Jayadratha talks haughtily but is humbled when Arjuna overpowers him. Bhima and Arjuna produce Jayadratha before Yudhishtra and await his decison. Yudhishtra tells his brothers to forgive Jayadratha, but Draupadi wants the scummy Jayadratha to be punished severely so that it serves him as a lesson on how to respect a woman. Since Jayadratha had pulled Draupadi by her hair, she wants the head to be shaved so that he wouldn't be able to face women in his usual arrogant way. Yudhishtra commands him to introduce himself henceforth as Pandavas' slave and always maintain the shaved head. 
Jaydratha feels humiliated by these incidents and decides to stay back in the forest and do penance to please Shiva. His charioteer returns to Hastinapur and reports the matter to Duryodhana and others. Duryodhana, in his usual immature way, wants to take revenge, but Shakuni dissuades and drives sanity into him.
Krishna and Bhama provide Kuchela a sumptuous feast and fan him lovingly as Kuchela eats joyously. Krishna tells him to visit him often and consider the palace his own home.
After the feast, Krishna asks Kuchela what he has brought for him. With a slight hesitation, Kuchela gives Krshna the bundle of puffed rice he has brought. As the delighted Krishna eats the puffed rice, Kuchela's household undergoes magical transformation with each mothful. The hut gets transformed to a big palace and Kuchela's wife Susheela finds precious stoned golden ornaments adorning her. As Krishna is about to have the puffed rice the third time, Bhama stops and quips that it would deplete Dwaraka's treasury. They then leave Kuchela alone to sleep. Kuchela feels guilty about enjoying royal comforts when his family is mired in abject poverty. He declines Krishna's request to stay longer as he is worried about his family and knows he would have to walk a long distance for a couple of days to reach his village. Though he remembers his wife enjoining him to seek Krishna's help, he is unable to voice it. As he nears his home, he is unable to locate his humble hut, for in its place there is an imposing palace. His wife susheela comes out to give alms to a beggar. She welcomes Kuchela and tells him about what happened in his absence. His childen are now dressed in expensive clothes and surround him.
Sage Durvaasa arrives at Hastinapur. Shakuni tells Duryodhana about the sage's famous mercurial temper. He reckons that if they could please the sage with their hospitality, the sage would shower his blessings on them, but if he was displeased, he would be equally quick to heap curses on them. The sage tells King Dritarashtra that he wants to performm a Shiva Yagna and he wants Duryodhana to serve his needs for the successful completion of the penance.
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