Sun TV Mahabharatham

Scene 1 At Ekachakrapura, we see a woman crying as guards take away her son. She is wailing hysterically and asking god to end the misery that the people have been subjected to because of the demon Bakasura. The Brahmin Upaya is playing with his son when some guards tell Upaya that it would be their turn next week. At Dwaraka, Vishwakarma has designed a city in the middle of the sea and strengthened it with strong-walled fortresses. Balarama welcomes the gathering and announces that Krishna will be crowned the king of Dwaraka. Krishna bows before his parents Vasudeva and Devaki. Just as he is about to ascend the throne, he notices his foster parents Nanda and Yashoda in the crowd. He goes to them, offers his pranam s and hugs them. He asks them to come forward. At his request, both mothers lead him to the throne and crown him. Yashoda asks Krishna for a boon. She says she wants the pleasure of being his mother in the next birth too. Krishna promises her that she will be his mother wh...

Scene 1 Bhishma is in deep distress after the final rites were performed by Krishna. Finding him so distraught with misery, Vidura calls Kanaka to narrate the chain of incidents after Pandavas left for Varanavata. Bhishma is delighted to know that Pandavas and Kunti are safe. Jarasandha worships Goddess Kali and Shivalinga and is distributing wealth to the needy. He hears about that his daughters Asti and Prapti (Kamsa's wives) are indisposed. The vaidya informs him that his daughters had not partaken food for a few days. Finding them inconsolable, Jarasandha renews his vow to kill Krishna soon. Bheema is looking for his mace and finds a young boy practising how to wield it. Every one is amazed at the extraordinary strength of the boy when Hidimbi appears and says the boy is Bheema's son . Sage Vyasa explains that demonic women deliver soon after conception and the offspring grow much more faster than those of normal humans. Kunti is delighted with the arrival of her first gr...

Scene 1 As narrated in the previous episode, the Pandavas find the cottage tidied up. Hidimbi appears and says she did it out of her love for Bhishma and the desire to help them. Bheema accuses her of deceit; Hidimba entreats Kunti to trust her. She says she comes from salakadangadi lineage and is not a rakshasi by birth. She further says Sage Vyasa would come shortly and confirm her statement. In a few moment, Sage Vyasa lands there and speaks highly of Hidimbi. When Bhima says how he could marry when his elder brother is yet to be married, Sage Vyasa says those rules are applicable only when parents decide the marriage of their offsprings as per the tradition. He explains to them the eight types of marriage and assures them that Bhima and Hidimbi could get married by the Gandharva tradition of marriage. He tells the Pandavas and Kunti that the marriage of Bhima with Hidimbi has divine reasons which they would understand this only in the future, and it was best not to probe further...

Scene 1 Krishna and Balarama are standing in a chariot and are at war with Jarasandha. Both are equally matched, but at times, Jarasandha seems more powerful. Goddess Lakshmi and Sage Narada are watching them from above. At one stage, Krishna and Balarama get down from the chariot and start running. Goddess Lakshmi defends her husband's action saying He must have a reason for this. Jarasandha is upset because he cannot chase a fleeing warrior and hence cannot fulfill the promise to his daughters. Narada follows Balarama and Krishna and asks why he does not kill Jarasandha but chooses to flee. Krishna narrates how Jarasandha once prayed to Brahma and obtained boons from him. Jarasandha asks Brahma to grant him the boon that no Yadava could ever kill him. Brahma asks the reason, stating he has already received a boon that no human or god could kill him. Jarasandha reminds Him the fate of Hiranyakashipu, who got killed despite similar boons. He asks Brahma how he would classify Kris...

Scene 1 Drupada is standing in the fire and performing the penance. A strong, fully armoured man emerges from the fire. The sky resounds with the prophecy that this strong man would be called Drishtadyuma and would fulfill Drupada's dream of killing Drona. At the very moment, Drona is sleeping, and a sword hung on the wall, disentangles and speeds to Drona's throat, but is stopped by his son Ashwaththama. Kripi, Drona's wife, is alarmed and thinks it is a bad omen. Drona closes his eyes in meditation and sees the birth and emergence of Dhrishtadyumna. He tells his wife and son that the adversary who is destined to bring about his death has just taken birth. Back to the scene of Drupada's sacrifice. A beautiful girl now emerges from fire. It is Draupadi and a disembodied voice prophecies that this woman would be known as Panchali and bring about the destruction of the kshatriya clan. She is an embodiment of the goddess Durga; she has taken birth to assist the work of...

Scene 1 An apparition or phantom appears before Jarasandha, father-in-law of Kamsa, and tells him that both share the same asuric (demon-like) nature, Jarasandha, by nature, and he, by birth. Then the phantom narrates the past incidents. He says that he was Tirumilan, Kamsa's real father . Ugrasena was Kamsa's father only to the external world. Once Tirumilan had assumed the form of Ugrasena and dallied with Ugrasena's wife's Aryanari (Padmavathi in most texts). When Aryanari realizes the truth, she curses Tirumilan that a son born of Yadava will kill the asura race. Krishna has now taken birth with a vow to kill the asuras. And Jarasandha has taken a vow to kill Krishna. Therefore it was his duty to help Jarasandha in killing Krishna. Jarasandha scornfully tells Tirumilan that he could kill Krishna single-handedly without anybody's help and gratify his widowed daughters. Thirumilan says Krishna was not a mere cowherd; even as an infant he had killed Putana and ...

Bhishma, Drona and Kripacharya are shocked by the news of the death of the Pandavas along with Kunti. The Kauravas are jubilant to hear the news from the spy. Shakuni threatens to kill the spy to prevent the leak of their own involvement, but decides to spare his life. The citizen who brings the news to the attention of the king's court does not mince words but directly accuses the king of plotting the Pandavas' death. Dhritarashtra is full of remorse for sending the Pandavas to Varanavata and, to that extent, he accepts his role in their death and asks for pardon. But Bhishma is furious with the accuser and threatens him with dire consequences unless he substantiates his accusation with proof. He effectively protects the king, and the crowd disperses. Drupada has decided to intensify the penances and perform the harsh Rudragni Yagna instead of the more pacific Yagna he has been performing so far. Drupada's brother comes running to Drupada's wife and informs her ...