Duryodhan and Dushyasan convince Dhritarashtra that Vidur and Bhishma will not let Duryodhan be the king of Hastinapur and provoke him to punish the Pandavas. Dhritarashtra orders the Pandavas' arrest. Instead of spending the rest of their life in prison, Draupadi suggests that the Pandavas fight for themselves.

Duryodhan provokes Dhritarashtra

Saurabh Raj Jain

Shaheer Sheikh

Rohit Bharadwaj

Pooja Sharma

Saurav Gurjar

Aham Sharma

Arav Chowdhary

Arpit Ranka

Lavanya Bhardwaj

Shafaq Naaz

Veebha Anand

Richa Mukherjee

Pallavi Subhash

Paras Arora

Praneet Bhatt

Bhishma's threat

Punishment for Arjun

Shakuni informs Dhritarashtra that Drupad humiliated the Kauravas and hence Duryodhan has decided to perform Ashvamedha yagna. However, Gandhari tells Duryodhan that only a king can perform Ashvamedha yagna. Duryodhan forces Dhritarashtra to crown him king of Hastinapur.

Duryodhan's Ashvamedha yagna

Drupad, Krishna and Dhrishtadyumna bid farewell to the Pandavas and Draupadi. In Hastinapur, Dhritarashtra and Gandhari are upset, thinking about Duryodhan. He decides to appoint Duryodhan as his successor. Just when Duryodhan is about to be crowned, Bhishma stops the ceremony.

Dhritarashtra makes his decision

Bhishma informs Dhritarashtra that the Pandavas are alive. Dhritarashtra tells Bhishma that he will appoint Duryodhan as the king, if he fails to bring the Pandavas in front of him. Meanwhile, the Pandavas arrive in Hastinapur. Gandhari assumes that Draupadi is the first daughter-in-law of the Kuru family. However, Arjun informs Gandhari that Bheem is married to Hidimba, and is blessed with a son. On Gandhari's insistence, the Pandavas come forward with Draupadi.

Pandavas arrive in Hastinapur

Bhishma questions the Pandavas about their ethics. He declares that Yudhishthir has no right to the throne for the sin he has committed. Vidur tries to make him understand the circumstances in which the Pandavas married Draupadi. Finally, Draupadi decides to speak up.

Bhishma is angry

Draupadi decides to prove her innocence and that of her husbands by making the sun accept holy water from her. After the sun accepts it, she requests Bhishma to forgive and bless the Pandavas. In the court, amidst Yudhishthir and Duryodhan's argument over who deserves the throne of Hastinapur, Dhritarashtra takes his decision.

Draupadi proves her innocence

Dhritarashtra announces death sentence for Arjun as he raised his weapon against Duryodhan in the court. Yudhishthir informs him that he cannot punish Arjun for challenging Duryodhan. Duryodhan and his brothers accept Arjun's challenge, but Bhishma stops them. Later, Vidur surprises everybody with his suggestion.

Bhishma is furious at Dhritarashtra for getting the Pandavas arrested. He orders the soldiers to release the Pandavas or fight with him. He also threatens to leave Hastinapur, if Dhritarashtra refuses to appoint Yudhishthir as his successor. What will Dhritarashtra do?

Bhishma informs Dhritarashtra that he will leave with Yudhishthir after the partition. Shakuni suggests Dhritarashtra to stop him, as all of Hastinapur is loyal to him. Dhritarashtra emotionally blackmails him to promise to be with the Kauravas always. What will Bhishma do?

Dhritarashtra apologises

Dhritarashtra announces Yudhishthir as the independent king of Khandavprastha, and provides him with 1 lakh cows and 1 lakh gold coins. However, Dhritarashtra informs Yudhishthir that his kingdom should be affiliated to Hastinapur. How will the Pandava brothers react to Dhritarashtra's next order?

Khandavprastha gets new king

The Pandavas are dejected on learning that they have to leave behind Kunti and Bhishma. Kunti asks Draupadi to guide the Pandavas and instructs her sons to obey Yudhishthir. As the Pandavas leave for Khandavprastha, many residents of Hastinapur join them.

The Pandavas leave Hastinapur

Duryodhan is tensed seeing the large number of people leaving with Yudhishthir. Shakuni consoles him and tells him that he can take back Khandavprastha after the Pandavas develop it.

People follow the Pandavas

Takshak attacks the Pandavas and the citizens of Hastinapur for entering his territory. The Pandavas fight back but lose many of their people. After being defeated by Arjun, Takshak goes to Lord Indra seeking his protection. Will Arjun have to defeat Lord Indra to save the citizens of Hastinapur?

Takshak attacks the Pandavas

Arjun sets the jungle on fire. Indradev decides to extinguish it with rain but Arjun adds another layer of fire. Indradev throws a rock at Arjun. He break it with his arrow. Then, Indradev uses Vajrayudha on Arjun. What will Arjun do next?

Arjun fights Indradev

Arjun assures Indradev that he will protect the snakes and name the capital as Indraprastha. The snakes revive Yudhishthir's people. Agnidev blesses Arjun with a bow, Gandiv. At Hastinapur, Shakuni and Duryodhan decide to stop their citizens from going to Yudhishthir's kingdom.

Agnidev blesses Arjun

Shakuni informs Dhritarashtra that the citizens of Hastinapur are relocating to Indraprastha, which will affect their revenue generation. Dhritarashtra puts a ban on their relocation. On Shakuni's advice, Karna manages to stop the citizens from leaving but how will he stop Kunti?

People leave Hastinapur

Dhritarashtra refuses to let Kunti visit Indraprastha as she disobeyed the laws of Hastinapur. On Vrushali's request, Karna promises to take her to Indraprastha. He tells Duryodhan to let him fulfil his promise and also let Kunti stay with her sons.

Dhritarashtra punishes Kunti

Kunti assures Vrushali that she will seek Gandhari's permission to go to Indraprastha. Karna meets Kunti and informs her that he has already got permission. Meanwhile, the Pandavas fume on learning that Dhritarashtra has not allowed Kunti to visit Indraprastha.

Kunti's message to the Pandavas

Karna informs the Pandavas that Kunti will not visit Indraprastha till Yudhishthir becomes an independent king. On Shakuni's provocation, Takshak steals the one lakh cows of the Pandavas before they reach Indraprastha. Arjun decides to bring the cows back but he needs the Gandiv for that.

Takshak steals the Pandavas' cows

Arjun takes his Gandiv from Draupadi's room and goes in search of the cows. He fights with Takshak and defeats him by confining him within a circle of fire. Arjun returns to Indraprastha with the cows. Now, he needs to pay for breaking his promise of never entering Draupadi's room.

Takshak accepts his defeat

Mahabharat is a 2013 drama TV series on Star Plus based on Indian legendary epic of the same name. It has been produced by Swastik Pictures and features actors such as Saurabh Raj Jain as Lord Krishna, Shaheer Sheikh as Arjuna, Pooja Sharma as Draupadi, Aham Sharma as Karna and Arav Chowdhary as Bhishma Pitamah. The producers had creative associations with writer Salim Khan, author Devdutt Pattanaik, designer Bhanu Athaiya, music directors Ajay-Atul and Ismail Darbar, action director Ram Shetty and set designer Omang Kumar. The casting of the show is done by Sahil Ansari, Mahesh Chandra Bhatt, Arun Mitra. It started broadcasting on 16 September 2013.

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