Sun TV Mahabharatham

Yudhishtra overhears Vidura speaking to Sanjaya sent by Dritarashtra. He comes to know that Dritarashtra had sent away Vidura in an angry moment, but regrets it later. Realizing the deep love between Vidura and Dritarashtra, Yudhishtra asks Vidura to go back to Hastinapura, as it is his duty to help and guide the king. Vidura goes back to Hastinapura and is welcomed by an emotionally charged Dritarashtra and Gandhari. Dritarashtra chides Vidura for deserting them and asks him to promise that he'd never leave them in the future even if he finds fault with him or asks him to get out. Sthulakana, the Yaksha, asks Shikhandini who she is, and Shikhandini tells him about her vow to kill Bhishma, the boon she received from Lord Shiva, her marriage with a princess, the shame she experiences when the bride realizes that she is a woman, which makes her ran away from the palace. The Yaksha is moved by her story and he tells Shikhandini that he could exchange his masculinity with Shikhandin

As Pandavas, Draupadi and Sage Dhaumya walk along the woods of Kamyaka, they encounter the demon Kirmira, the brother of Bakasura and a friend of Hidimba. A fierce battle ensues between Bhima and the demon, where the two equally matched fighters hurl rocks and trees at each other. Eventually, Bhima emerges victorious. Shakuni and Dushasana, who have brought in Kirmira and secretly watching it from a distance, scurry away. Dritarashtra and Gandhari are worried about Duryodhana whom Sage Maitreya has cursed that his thighs would be broken by Bhima . Dritarashtra feels that Vidura, being wise in all administrative and moral matters, would appease their minds and allay their fears. Yet Vidura is brutally frank that Dritarashtra has brought on all the calamities himself by not heeding to the sagacious advice that he and others like Bhishma have given him, including discarding the new-born Duryodhana who was prophesied to cause the downfall of their dynasty. Dritarashtra is stung by hi

Balarama is angry with Duryodhana for his malicious behavior towards the Pandavas and the lewd and reprehensible treatment of Draupadi. He is waiting for the return of Krishna who has gone to fight Salwa king who had attacked Dwaraka to avanege Shishupala's death. Krishna returns and is welcomed by Rukmini and Satyabhama who have a small tiff over who should welcome Krishna first and which one of them is more dear to Krishna. Krishna claifies that both of them are like his two eyes and he loves them equally. Balarama's wife Revati narrates to Krishna the abominable incidents that took place at Hastinapur, and Balarama suggests that they attack Hastinapur to seek justice for the Pandavas. Krishna's counter argument is that since Duryodhana hasn't harmed them directly and the Pandavas haven't sought his intervention and accepted their exile without a whimper, there is nothing that they can do. Krishna then suggests that Balarama could visit Hastinapur and chastise