Episode#73 Night if shame when Aswasthama learnt the details of Duryodhana - Bhima's combat, his righteous anger surged up like a volcano! The deception, practised by the Pandavas in order to bring about his father's end, had been rankling in his mind. Now, when he learnt how Duryodhana had been stricken down against all rules of chivalry, he went to Duryodhana and their took an oath that he would send the Pandavas to the abode of yama. Duryodhana, who was in the last physical agony, he was immensely happy when he hears Aswasthama take this oath! He immediately ordered those who stood nearby to appoint Aswasthama as Supreme Commander of the Army with due ceremony and, when that was over, said to him "All my hopes are in you." 'One transgression begets the next and thus evil grows from evil submerging righteousness. Evil flourishes on retaliation.' They reached Pandavas camp. Dhrishtadyumna, sans his armour was plunged in deep slumber. Aswasthama leapt on t...

Episode#15 One fateful morning, when Madri was taking bath on the bank of river, Pandu watched her stealthily from behind a tree, when she emerged from river covered with single cloth dripping with femininity, Pandu was unable to resist and he grabbed her by force and embraced her tightly, Madri resisted and reminded him of the curse but Pandu was overpowered by his feelings of passion and thus met his death. Madri, cursed herself and burned on the funeral pyre of her husband as sati was the usual practice then. Kunti now left alone, returned to Hastinapur along with the five children. Kunti lived at the Hastinapur court, and her five sons, together with the hundred sons of Gandhari were brought up jointly under the guardianship of Bhisma. At Hastinapur a keen rivalry soon developed between five Pandavas and their hundred cousins the Kaurava, while rival queens of Hastinapur lived together neither being friendly nor explicitly hostile - they had no choice but to play a neutral role...