Episode Summary

Episodes 1-21

• Episode 1 : King Janamejaya Performs Snake Sacrifice
  Mahābhārata was narrated by Vaishampāyana at the snake sacrifice of Janamejaya, the son of Parikshit and the great grandson of Arjuna the Pandava.
  • Brahma directs Vyasa to write an account of what led to the war of Mahabharata.
  • Vinayaka becomes the scribe as Vyasa dictates.
  • King Janmejaya performs Sarpa satra yagna, which is supervised by Sage Vaishampayana. Most serpents, except Takshaka, fall into the sacrificial fire.
  • Debate between Janmejaya and Astika presided by Vyasa. Astika prevails upon King Janamejaya to stop the yagna and spare the serpents.
  • Janmejaya what is dharma and what is adharma: is there a grey area which is regarded as dharma by one and adharma by the other? Mahabharata itself raises many such questions; it is quoted and misquoted; it is often interpreted in myriad ways which are often incorrect. Sage Vyasa narrates the story and asks the viewers to pay close attention to various subtle nuances of dharma.
  • Shantanu, one of the three son of King Pratipa/Pradipa of Lunar dynasty. He was King MahaBhishak (solar dynasty) in his previous birth, and cursed by Brahma to marry Ganga
• Episode 2 : Ganga Leaves Shantanu
• Episode 3 : Shantanu Makes Devavrata Yuvaraja
• Episode 4 : Shantanu Marries Satyavati
• Episode 5 : Bhishma Abducts Kashi Princesses
• Episode 6 : Amba Demands Justice from Bhishma
• Episode 7 : Amba's Disappointment with Parasurama
• Episode 8 : Satyavati Commands Ambika and Ambalika to Get Pregnant
• Episode 9 : Vyasa Unites With Ambika and Ambalika
• Episode 10 : Amba Jumps into Fire
• Episode 11 : Bhishma Counsels Vidura
• Episode 12 : Shakuni's Designs To Be Influential in The Kuru Kingdom
• Episode 13 : Kunti Tests Durvasa's Mantra
• Episode 14 : Gandhari Blindfolds Herself
• Episode 15 : Pandu Plans Digvijaya to Appease Dhritarashtra
• Episode 16 : Karna Adopted by Adiratha, the Charioteer of Bhishma
• Episode 17 : Narada Sows Doubts in Kamsa's Mind
• Episode 18 : Pandu Returns After Digvijaya – Satyavati Once Again Worried About Dhritarashtra's Greed
• Episode 19 : Pandu Decides to Go to Forest Again
• Episode 20 : Devaki and Vasudeva Decide to Participate in the Divine Design
• Episode 21 : Pandu's Curse and Kunti's Revelation

Episodes 22-42

• Episode 22 : Kunti Gives Birth to Yudhishtra and Gandhari Hits at her Womb in frustration
• Episode 23 : Pandu' Death
• Episode 24 : Kunti Returns to Hastinapur with the Five Pandavas
• Episode 25 : Kamsa's Evil Plot to Kill Krishna
• Episode 26 : Confrontation Between Arjuna and Karna : Kunti Faints at the Games Arena
• Episode 27 : Drona Demands the capture of the King of Panchala
• Episode 28 : Arjuna Defeats Drupada
• Episode 29 : Dhritarashtra's Dilemma Over Announcing His Successor
• Episode 30 : Drona Asks Ekalavya His Right Thumb as Guru Dakshina
• Episode 31 : Vidura Suspects Conspiracy Against Pandavas
• Episode 32 : Vidura Alludes to Yudhishtra the Danger at Varanavata
• Episode 33 : Pandavas Sense Danger at Varanavata
• Episode 34 : Vidura Helps Build Tunnel Through the Lac House
• Episode 35 : An Anguished Drona Teaches Brahmastra to Aswaththama
• Episode 36 : Pandavas Escape Lac House Through the Tunnel
• Episode 37 : Drupada's Fire Sacrifice and Jarasandha's Vow to kill Krishna
• Episode 38 : Krishna Brings Back Sage Sandipani's Son From Yamaloka
• Episode 39 : Dhrishtadyumna and Draupadi Emerge From Fire, Bad Omens For The Kauravas
• Episode 40 : Krishna Explains Why He Runs Away From The Battle With Jarasandha
• Episode 41 : Krishna's Confusing Words At The Death Ceremony of the Pandavas
• Episode 42 : The Burning of Mathura by Jarasandha

Episodes 43-63

• Episode 43 : Bakasura's Atrocities at Ekachakrapura
• Episode 44 : Duryodhana Prepares For His Own Coronation
• Episode 45 : Shikhandini, Drupada's Daughter, Brought Up Like A Son
• Episode 46 : Shikhandini Runs Away From The Nuptial Chambers
• Episode 47 : Bhishma Stops Duryodhana From Fixing His Own Coronation
• Episode 48 : Bheema Kills Bakasura
• Episode 49 : Drona Ignores Warning About Drishtadyumna
• Episode 50 : Krishna Kidnaps and Elopes With Rukmini
• Episode 51 : Arjuna Fights With The Gandharva Chitratha
• Episode 52 : Drona Asks Drishtadyumna To Offer Him Honorable Death In Battle
• Episode 53 : Karna to Accompany Duryodhana to Panchala to Participate in Draupadi Swayamvara
• Episode 54 : Vyasa Explains How the Kali Purusha Has Taken Birth As Duryodhana
• Episode 55 : Drona Helps Drupada Devise a Challenging Swayamwara Contest
• Episode 56 : Draupadi's Swayamvaram Contest Announced
• Episode 57 : Draupadi Garlands Arjuna
• Episode 58 : Duryodhna and Others in Deep Shame and Stay Back in The Forest
• Episode 59 : Kunti Bids Her Sons to 'Share' Draupadi
• Episode 60 : Karna's Curse by A Brahmin And Draupadi's Past Lives
• Episode 61 : Draupadi Marries the Pandavas in the Presence of Vyasa
• Episode 62 : Dushasana Confirms the News That Pandavas are Alive
• Episode 63 : Drupada Requests Dhritarashtra To Ask Pandavas To Be Sent With Due Honours

Episodes 64-84

• Episode 64 : Somadatta Advises Duryodhana Not to Wage War Against Pandavas
• Episode 65 : Shakuni Humiliates Vidura in Hastinapur Court
• Episode 66 : Gandhari Realizes She is a Mere Puppet with No Voice in Hastinapur Affairs
• Episode 67 : Dhritarashtra Tells Gandhari To Support Kauravas However Wrong They Might Be
• Episode 68 : Pandavas Enter Hastinapur to a Grand Welcome Even As Gandhari Hears Eerie Laughter
• Episode 69 : Kunti Takes Charge of Hastinapur Affairs
• Episode 70 : Furore in Hastinapur Assembly: Nobody the Legitimate Kuru Heir Except Bhishma
• Episode 71 : Gandhari Advises Dritarashtra to Observe Silence and Take No Decision
• Episode 72 : Bhishma is Furious With Vidura For suggesting Division of Hastinapura
• Episode 73 : Shakuni Suggests to Dhritarashtra To Give Infertile Khandavapratha to the Pandavas
• Episode 74 : Kunti Explains to Vidura Why She Chose to Remain Calm Even In The Face of Injustice
• Episode 75 : Dritarashtra Agrees For Yudhishtra's Coronation
• Episode 76 : Pandavas Build Indraprastha With Krishna's Help
• Episode 77 : Satyavati, Ambika and Ambalika Perish in Forest Fire
• Episode 78 : Narada Devises Conjugal Arrangement Between Pandava Brothers and Paves Way for Arjuna's Marriage to Subhadra
• Episode 79 : Sishupala Challenges the Appropriateness of Offering the First Honor to Krishna at Yudhishtra's Rajasuya Yagna
• Episode 80 : Draupadi Laughs When Duryodhana Slips Into a Pond in The Mayan's Sabha at Indraprastha
• Episode 81 : Shakuni Advises Duryodhana to Cajole Dritarashtra Into Inviting Yudhishtra For A Game of Dice
• Episode 82 : Shakuni's Dice Made From His Father's Bones
• Episode 83 : Yudhishtra Plays Dice Despite Vidura's Warning
• Episode 84 : Yudhishtra Loses His wealth and His Brothers in Gambling

Episodes 85-105

• Episode 85 : Draupadi Asks The Kuru Elders Scathing Questions
• Episode 86 : Lord Krishna Protects Draupadi's Honor
• Episode 87 : Yudhishtra Agrees to Play Dice The Second Time
• Episode 88 : Pandavas Leave For Forest Stay Leaving Kunti Under Vidura's Care
• Episode 89 : Yudhishtra Obtains Akshaya Patra From Surya
• Episode 90 : Sage Maitreya Warns Duryodhana That His Thigh Will Be Broken By Bhima One Day
• Episode 91 : Dritarashtra Asks Vidura to Leave Hastinapura
• Episode 92 : Krishna Advises Bhima and Arjuna to Undertake Penance
• Episode 93 : Shikhandini Becomes Shikhandi With The Help of Yaksha Sthulakarna
• Episode 94 : Arjuna Obtains Pashupatastra From Lord Shiva And Karna Seeks Brahmastra From sage Parasurama
• Episode 95 : Urvashi Curses Arjuna That He Lose His Masculinity
• Episode 96 : Bhima Meets Hanuman While Searching For Saugandhika Flowers
• Episode 97 : Duryodhana's Soldiers Pick Up A Fight With The Gandharva Chitrasena
• Episode 98 : Duryodhana Rescued By The Pandavas At Dwaitavana
• Episode 99 : Kali Purusha Prevents Duryodhana From Committing Suicide
• Episode 100 : Karna Goes On A World Conquest For Duryodhana
• Episode 101 : Jayadratha Captures Draupadi At Dwaitavana
• Episode 102 : Jayadratha's Head Shaved By Pandavas In Retaliation to Draupadi's Abduction
• Episode 103 : Krishna Rushes To Pandavas' Aid Leaving Abhimanyu With No Idea About Breaking The Chakravyuha
• Episode 104 : At the End of Twelfth Year, Pandavas Plan For Ajnatavasa
• Episode 105 : Kalamuni Becomes The Target of His Own Abhichara Yagna

Episodes 106-126

• Episode 106 : Pandavas Take Leave Of Sage Dhaumya As They Get Set For Ajnatavasa
• Episode 107 : Krishna Reveals That Narakasura is Satyabhama's Son
• Episode 108 : Draupadi, Chased By Keechaka, Seeks Virata's Refuge In Yudhishtra's Presence
• Episode 109 : Narakasura Killed By Satyabhama
• Episode 110 : Bhima Kills Keechaka
• Episode 111 : Keechaka's Brothers Want To Burn Draupadi Along With Keechaka's Corpse
• Episode 112 : Satyabhama's Buy-Back Scheme For Exclusive Rights On Krishna
• Episode 113 : Duryodhana Gloats Over Finding The Pandavas Before The End of Incognito Exile
• Episode 114 : Arjuna and Duryodhana Both To Seek Krishna's Support
• Episode 115 : Balarama Decides To Remain Neutral and Krishna Promises Moral Support to Pandavas
• Episode 116 : Karna Gives His Kavacha-Kundala To Indra Despite Surya's Warning
• Episode 117
• Episode 118 : Bhishma and Karna Argue Out Their Stands
• Episode 119 : Yudhishtra Prefers Truce Over War and Krishna Agrees
• Episode 120 : Duryodhana Plots to Humiliate Krishna
• Episode 121 : Vidura Destroys Vishnu Astra and Krishna Displays His Vishwaroopa
• Episode 122 : Krishna Asks Kunti To Reveal To Karna The Secret of His Birth
• Episode 123 : Karna Describes His Love For Duryodhana To Kunti
• Episode 124 : Sahadeva Ties Krishna With The Rope of Love
• Episode 125 : Duryodhana Seeks Sahadeva's Help in Fixing Muhurat For The Kurukshetra War
• Episode 126 : Sahadeva Chooses Auspicious Moment For Kauravas and Krishna, For the Pandavas

Episodes 127-147

• Episode 127 : Shakuni's Son Visits Hastinapura
• Episode 128 : Gandhari's Blessings — Let the Righteous Be Victorious
• Episode 129 : Vyasa Gives Sanjaya The Power To Witness The Battle Through His Mind's Eye
• Episode 130 : Krishna Persuades Arjuna To Fight
• Episode 131 : First Day of Kurukshetra War
• Episode 132 : Day 2 of Kurukshetra War
• Episode 133 : Day 3 of Kurukshetra War
• Episode 134 : Day 4 and Day 5 of Kurukshetra War
• Episode 135 : Sixth Day of Kurukshetra War
• Episode 136 : Seventh Day of Kurukshetra War
• Episode 137 : Eighth Day of Kurukshetra War
• Episode 138 : Krishna Protects The Pandavas From Bhishma's Divya Astras
• Episode 139 : Krishna Gets Ready to Fight Bhishma On The Nineth Day of Kurukshetra
• Episode 140 : Iravan Sacrificed: Shikhandi Gets Ready to Fight Bhishma on Day 10
• Episode 141 : Bhishma Rests On the Bed of Arrows
• Episode 142 : Shikhandi and Karna Ask Bhishma For Forgiveness
• Episode 143 Dronacharya Selected as Commander-in-Chief of Kaurava Army
• Episode 144 : Bhishma Recalls All Past Incidents
• Episode 145 : Duryodhana Orders Drona To Capture Yudhishtra Alive
• Episode 146 : Drona Unable to Hold Yudhishtra Captive on Day 12
• Episode 147 : Under Tremendous Pressure Drona Decides on Chakravyuha for Thirteenth Day

Episodes 148-166

• Episode 148 : Abhimanyu Caught Alone In the Chakravyuha
• Episode 149 : Abhimanyu Dies
• Episode 150 : Arjuna Swears to Kill Jayadratha Before Dusk
• Episode 151 : Abhimanyu's Death Will Usher Birth of Dharma: Bhishma to Arjuna
• Episode 152 : Krishna Takes Sudhayu's Mace on Himself : 14th Day of Kurukshetra
• Episode 153 : Bhurisravas Beheaded By Satyaki : 14th Day War Continues
• Episode 154 : Jayadratha Killed
• Episode 155 : Ghatotkacha Enters Kurukshetra As War Continues At Night
• Episode 156 : Karna Forced to Use Indra's Shakti Astra Against Ghatotkacha
• Episode 157 : Arjuna's Arrows Have Cleansed Me, Says Bhishma to Kunti and Gandhari
• Episode 158 : Drona Beheaded By Drishtadhyumna
• Episode 159 : Krishna Saves Pandavas From Ashwathama's Narayanastra
• Episode 160 : Shakuni Accuses Karna of Betrayal
• Episode 161 : Shalya To Be Karna's Charioteer
• Episode 162 : Bhima Kills Dushasana and Draupadi Smears Her Hair With Blood
• Episode 163 : Karna Uses Nagastra But Krishna Saves Arjuna
• Episode 164 : Karna Killed and Yudhishtra Curses No Woman Can Keep Secrets
• Episode 165 : Krishna Plays Dice With Shakuni
• Episode 166 : Gandhari Uses Power of Chastity To Make Duryodhana Strong, But Krishna Foils It