In Hastinapur.

After Draupadi, Pandavas and Kunti left,. Enraged Ghandhari came in centre od Sabha, she was too distraught by listening everything. She was very angry seeing her Everyone present in the court bowed their head down even Duryodhana and Shakuni.

Ghandhari : Why are heads down, oh great warrior of Hastinapur. Tell me Mahamahim Bheeshma, kulgiru kripacharya, Dronacharya, mahamantri vidur, Maharaj, Gandhar Raj and Dhritrashtra Putron is this what your mother and teacher taught you. Shame on you especially my sons I have such 100 sons it will better that I have remained sterile for my life.

Dhritrashtra : What are you saying Ghandhari.

Ghandhari : I am saying right thing Maharaj. I have prayed and penance to Mahadev then how got the sons who are lower than Daitya themselves and Maharaj, Mahamahim, Kulguru, guru Drona why have you let such Adharm happen in the court.

Bheeshma : I was bound by my oath, Putri.

Ghandhari : Don't call me Putri, you are not talking to your daughter in law but a woman, a shiv bhakt and how long will you saying this excuse oath this oath that. Does maharaj Shantanu gave you boon to see this day, Mahamahim Bheeshma. It's not a boon after what happened today its curse for you. You pledged to live to see dharm sit on throne well it seems it won't happen in this generation.

Bheeshma bowed his head down and tears slipped from his eyes. Ghandhari questions didn't ended there.

Ghandhari : Bhardwaj Putra Drona, is this dharm you taught the princes of Hastinapur.

Dronacharya : I am sorry Maharani. This is my failure as guru.

Ghandhari : You are no guru, you are just a teacher. A guru don't just teach weapons and vedas to his students but he makes sure his students are good human beings too. But you failed at that, how could you succeed in being a guru when you can't be a good father to your son.

Dronacharya couldn't reply at that. He really failed at every thing she said.

Ghandhari : I understand why Bhagwan Parshuram was proud of Karna and consider him as his best student. He must have been relieved that atleast one of his students shame him or his teachings. He must really ashamed of being guru of you two. He must have felt like failure as guru but Karna proved that he is not failure as guru but you are bad students.

Bheeshma and Dronacharya were really felt like taking a samadhi there.

Ghandhari : But I can't blame all of you if my own son is doing this. Duryodhana is this what I have taught you. Dussashan how dare you pull the saree of a woman that too your sister in law, kulvadhu of Hastinapur. Are you really my sons who couldn't see tears in eye of your blindfolded mata. No you have became a beast. I really wish I have one son as Karna then these 100 son of mine atleast he didn't let his mother's upbringing questioned by anyone. I am really a failure, my life is a failure. I happily accepted the darkness of my life but I could not accept this. From here on I discard everyone of you except Dushala. I am not your mother, sister ,wife, daughter in law any thing but as my last right of maharani of Hastinapur I declare gambling banned in Aryavart and of a men whi dare to gamble a woman their punishment would be a terrifying death which will remain example for generations to come.

After that Ghandhari left there crying, leaving bowed head of everyone in Sabha.

In Indraprastha.

Draupadi returned to Indraprastha and went to her chamber and locked it from inside. She was crying and wailing because of her humiliation. Pandavas with Kunti too reached Hastinapur and they went to her chamber, seeing it locked they knock on it but the Draupadi didn't opened. After that Bheem tried to use his entire strength to destroy the wooden door but the door didn't budge.

Bheem : Impossible, I can shater rocks with bare hands but this door didn't even budge.

Sahdev : This door is shielded by all anger, pain and betrayal Panchali has faced today. No amount of strength can break it.

Arjun : What should we do?

Sahdev : Now only one person can open this door.

They were talking when a soldier has informed them that Dwarkadhish Shree Krishna has came here. Pandavas and Kunti were little afraid to face Krishna now for two reasons first what happened at Dyut and second what happened between Arjun and Subhadra. After leaving Indraprastha, Subhadra didn't go to Dwarka, her whereabouts are e unknown to Pandavas. Wo they are scared to face either Balram or Krishna. Krishna entered the palace and came to entrance bof chamber. His ever smiling face has indifference on it. Those who know Krishna very well will know this is when Krishna was made st angry.

Pandavas : Pranipat Krishna

Krishna : Pranipat Sahdev.

Sahdev : Madhav, Draupadi has locked herself in the chamber now only you could open the door.

Krishna : I know Sahdev, come with me, Draupadi will need a soldier to cry on.

Krishna then went to in front of door completely ignoring the rest in the room. He came and gently pushed the door and it opened. Then Krishna and Sahdev went inside and saw Draupadi was sitting on the floor and crying. Krishna also became sad and went near her. He placed her hands on her shoulder. Feeling a touch Draupadi turned and saw her best friend and Aradhya beside her she immediately fell on his feet and stated wailing even more.

Krishna : Cry all you want Sakhi, let your pain flow out through your tears.

Draupadi cried more hearing him.

Draupadi : Govind, how will I ever live after today. They were going to disrobe me in front of entire Hastinapur Sabha. What will I do now govind

Krishna : But you were saved Sakhi.Your husband saved you sakhi.

Draupadi : Yes, He did even if I gave nothing but pain and humiliation to him but the one's I gave my love didn't move from ther spot except Aarya Sahdev. I refused to accept him treated him worse that any person i know but he still came and saved me. Why did he save me?

Sahdev : Because he is Shreemaan Karna, he will do his every duties without expecting anything in return. He did that with us and he did with you too. You never accepted him as husband so he didn't claim his rights but you are his wife so he did duties of a husband.

Krishna : Sahdev is right Sakhi but he just didn't do it for you, he would do it for any other woman in your place. Karna is such person sakhi.

Draupadi bowed her head down in shame remembering every thing she did and said to Karna. How much she loathed and dispose him. How she discredited everything he gained by his own hard work, she even despise his kingdom, wife and his mairrage with her. She blamed him of everything bad happened in her life without it actually being true. She couldn't help but curse himself for being such person to him.

Draupadi : What should I do govind, what should I do gain his forgiveness. Even after helping he all he got was another insult.

Krishna : Sakhi, Karna has bigger heart than anyone if you ask his forgiveness he will forgive you but it will be not easy.

Draupadi : I will ask for forgiveness govind, I will fall on his and Vrushali's feet for what I did to him and what happened to him after saving me. But first what should do everyone else present in that Sabha.

Krishna : Forgive them Draupadi.

Draupadi : Forgive them, how can I forgive them govind? Do you also think what happened was not wrong.

Krishna : No, sakhi what happened was definitely wrong, I ask you to forgive not forget. Sakhi resentment will lead to revenge which is Adharm but when you forgive then then you will get justice and justice is Dharm. You want to ask Karna and his family's forgiveness but before that you have learn to forgive your sinners if you want him to do the same.

Sahdev listening to Krishna remembered that same words were spoken by Karna. It was because of this revenge and justice that their relationship soured with him.

Krishna was consoling Draupadi, Sahdev too came there to console her. Rest Pandavas with Kunti entered the room. They saw Draupadi's was on floor crying while Sahdev and Krishna were consoling her. Draupadi saw them.

Draupadi : I thought you all as my protector but for you all I am is commodity which you have gambled. What patni dharm and sacrifice I didn't perform for you all. I divided myself and staked my reputation, I perform hard penance for my purity and I have done my duties wholeheartedly for you all so tell me what mistakes have I done. When I was begging for help except Aarya Sahdev no one among you came and Aarya Yudhishthir staked me that too describing my beauty like I am mere object. You all kept silent when Duryodhana called me whore, prostitute and what not. Did you forget why I had married you all? Is this the fruit I got for not allowing you all except Aarya Arjun to take celibacy? How can I blame the sabha when my four husbands too were silently watching with them, how can I blame Duryodhana when it's Aarya yudhishthir who staked me. How can I blame Dussashan for nearly disrobing me when my own husbands didn't even try to stop him except Aarya Sahdev. And it was Karna the one person I never even dreamt of savings me because what I did to him saved me from getting my honor and dignity stripped away from me.

Yudhishthir : I am sorry Panchali, I never wish this to happen. You know as Samrat and kshatriya I can't be refuse the invitation of Dyut and war and it was my dharm to accept the invitation and play. I was bound by my dharm as Samrat to play and Dharm of slave to never raise weapons on our master so we were unable to save you.

Krishna (seriously) : Dharm? What you did, there was not dharm in that. If you think it is Dharm then I am sorry to say you never knew any dharm. It your preconceived notion of dharm. No dharm allow to stake other human being.

Everything happened today was because of your pride, ego, arrogance and prejudice. Yudhishthir you pretend to be righeous person but infact you are greedy Human being who in his greed to win more lost his senses and control. Bheem, arjun and Nakul what you all did was also not dharm. You followed Yudhishthir's order blindly then what is the difference between you and Dussashan, who was also following order of his jyeshtha Duryodhana. Look where your preconceived Dharma has left you all.

Kunti who was watching how her son were lowering their head in front of Krishna and Draupadi was looking them with disgust. She couldn't help but ask the divine.

Kunti's : Why Krishna? why has it happened? Why is all hardship and cruelty is written in my children fate?

Krishna (seriously) : Bua, it happened because of sins and a curse that you all bore onto youself 22 years ago. Remember the day Radha kaki came to you all.

Now everyone remembered the curse given by Radha to Pandavas, Kunti and Bheeshma. They remembered when distraught mother of Karna came to ask them to let go of their son. How nobody helped her and then the angry and helpless Radha cursed them.

Sahdev repeated that word by word.

“You arrogant yuvraj and princes, you have insulted my son and enslaved him I curse you that you all will be humiliated and become slave your humiliation will be of such that whole Aryavart will know and wouldn't be forgotten in coming yugs. You yuvraj Yudhishthir you are the main culprit of my son, so you will be reson for your family's humiliation. You have parted a son from his mother and father you all will aslo be stay away from your mother and children.

Mahamahim you stayed silent because of your oath, then you will also remain silent and watch the humiliation of these Pandavas and wouldn't able to anything because of your oath.

Maharani Kunti you have kept quiet as a mother was pleasing I curse you your silence will be the reason of sorrow of your family. You will also beg to someone for your these five children.

I curse all of you that what you did to my son, you will face many times worse”

Krishna (nodded) : The curse spoken by a helpless mother never goes in vain. Radha Kaki came to you she begged to you all only Sahdev have tried to console her rest Pandavas in their arrogance unheard her plea so Today when draupadi pleaded and begged in sabha to save her only Sahdev tried to help rest four were like Radha kaki kneeling and crying. You all have enslaved him so now you became slaves, you never left a chance to insult Karna so you were insulted. Yudhishthir enslaved innocent Karna so he became reson for your humiliation. The atrocity that happened today would not be forgotten in upcoming yug. You all have separated a mother from her child so you will be seperated from your mother and child.

Mahamahim Bheeshma has paid for his silence, for the oath he remained silent before a mother's pleading so that oath became reason for him to see everything that happened today silently.

Bua, you stayed silent because if you spoke Hastinapur will questions him which has led to today where he has no kingdom and entire Aaryavrat will question him.

Bheem : So everything happened because of that curse. So that suta and his family have destroyed our family's peace. I will never forgive them, Mata was right from the moment he entered our life he created nothing but problems for us.

Yudhishthir, Arjun and Nakul started mumbling and saying what Bheem said was absolutely right. Sahdev and for the first time Draupadi didn't agree with them. Hearing this Kunti was ashamed remembering what she has done to Karna. Krishna too became very angry, he knew like always Pandavas were trying to find someone or something to put the blame feel good about it. Krishna was fed up with them blaming Karna for things he never did. He became furious.

Krishna : Shup up Panduputron! Don't you dare to blame this on Karna, his family or anyone. This happened because of your sin, arrogance, pride, ego and madness. Curse was nothing but medium so that you would be punished. I had thought after today you would acknowledge your mistakes but no. It seems that my expectations of you was really way too much. You called him Adharmi but today that Adharmi saved all of you. Til now I have let go of your foolishness but today your stupidity has crossed all limits.

You speak like you know about him, his childhood, and everything about him but let me break the news for you, you know nothing. Fine I don't want to do this but it seems you all really needs it. You always compared him to you so let me also show you what actually happens when the real comparison between you and him is being done. Lets start from childhood, it's true you all lived in forest but don't forget life your life was actually more comfortable than commoner. Though not all the luxury but you had all basic facilities available to you which is far beyond most of brahmans let alone shoodra. So you had more facilities than Karna had even when you were in forest. When you return to palace in you early age, You got nothing appreciation and love Mahamahim Bheeshma, mahamantri Vidhur and society because of you were Devputra while on the other hand karna had faced rejection from society because of his interest in weapons. You got Dronacharya as guru which actually was arranged by elders of palace while Karna himself searched for his guru after being rejected by about 100 guru. They rejected him on basis of cast which is wrong as everyone has right in knowledge. If there was another child except Karna his spirit would have been broken and he would have gave up but Karna didn't. For his passion and eagerness of knowledge he searched entire Aaryavrat and then went up through difficult ravines of Mahendragiri to become student of Bhagwan Parshuram, even then he was tested rigorously before Bhagwan Parshuram accepted him as his students.

You all boast about your gurubhakti but let me tell you, it can't be even compared with what Karna has for Bhagwan Parshuram. His devotion for him is only second to what he have for his parents but still above tridevs. You know why he decided to not lift weapons again let me tell you why? After being rejected by almost every Guru of Aaryavrat he went to Mahendragiri but he came to know that Bhagwan Parshuram only teaches Brahmans so being child who was desparete he did only mistake of his life he went to him and lied to him that he was brahman. But still Bhagwan Parshuram tested him which he passed. After that he became his student. He impressed Bhagwan Parshuram so much with his dedication and devotion that Bhagwan Parshuram consider him as his child not only him but Mata Dharini accepted him as her son. No guru ever taught his student his every knowledge even guru drona has left some knowledge especially for his son Ashwatthama but Karna became son to divine couple so Bhagwan Parshuram taught him everything he wasn't just student for him but his successor so Bhagwan Parshuram taught him what he didn't even teach Mahamahim Bheeshma and Droncharya. He gave him knowledge of all celestial weapons he could even Brahmastra, bhramsirastra, brahmandastra and vaisnavastra. He bestowed him with Bhargavastra his personal Astra which he only taught to him.

Arjun do you remember when you fought with Devraj in fight him to draw inspite of Devraj Indra never fighting with all his strength and capabilities even then I have to intervene and Stop your fight. But on order of Bhagwan Parshuram Karna too had fought with Devraj Indra and in that fight Devraj Indra had to accept his defeat inspite of fighting at his best and don't even think he used Vijaya to fight him no Karna fought him with his wooden bow which he used seven years ago.

One day when Karna education was completed and he was about to leave the hermitage of Bhagwan Parshuram. Bhagwan Parshuram was going to rest in after noon seeing that there is nothing but hard rock for him to rest his head Karna requested him to use his thighs for gurudev to rest. Bhagwan Parshuram who considers him as his son accepted his request. Bhagwan Parshuram was asleep than a insect came there and bit his other thigh. Thinking his movements will cause Bhagwan Parshuram to wake up he sat still and let that insect bit him for half hour but he started bleeding badly and blood reach Bhagwan Parshuram. He woke up by touch of blood and saw Karna was bleeding. Karna immediately picked up the insect and threw it away. Bhagwan Parshuram got engaged and asked him about his lie. As no brahman could endure pain for so long. Karna told him truth but Bhagwan Parshuram became enraged and called him lier as only Kshatriye could do that. Where there is immense love feeling of betrayal is also great so Bhagwan Parshuram thought Karna lied to him repeatedly so he coursed him to forget all his knowledge in his most important moment. Karna who was ashamed of his lie accepted the curse and decided to never lift weapons but he still asked Bhagwan Parshuram about his gurudhkhsina. Enraged Parshuram asked his Kavach and kundals , he also told him to leave his hermitage as soon as possible. Thinking him as sinner who cheated him. He left there because Bhagwan Parshuram was sure such person will never give what he asked for but in his anger he forgot about one thing that is Karna's devotion to him. Karna did what his gurudev asked of him. His Kavach and kundals were part of his body so he skinned himself and them and his weapon near the place where Bhagwan Parshuram was standing and left there covered in blood. He never made a single sounds in that process and dismounted Mahendragiri. Upon reaching the end of mountain he lost his conciousness because of blood loss and was on verge of death. Seeing his devotion and sacrifice. Mahadev and Mata Parvati themselves came and saved him. Bhagwan Parshuram and Mata Dharini too came to him after seeing what Karna has left in the hermitage. After seeing the blood soaked kavach and kundals Bhagwan Parshuram realised what he has done. Bhagwan Parshuram and Mata Dharini were happy seeing Karna alive and forgave him. Under Bhagwan Parshuram's request suryadev himself came and merged the kavach and kundals back to Karna after it was purified by ganga in jata of Mahadev. Divine couple were so impressed by him that they blessed him. Mata Parvati freed him of his curse and Mahadev blessed him to be next best Archer after himself. Even after being freed of curse Karna decided to value the words of his guru and never lifted the weapons till he went back to Mahendragiri. This is his dedication and devotion towards his guru do any of you compare no not even Eklavya giving his thumb to gurudrona can be compared to it. Even Bhagwan Parshuram has gifted him Vijaya bow then.

After leaving Mahendragiri he came back to Hastinapur and became Charioteer of Arjun because Shreemaan Adhiratha has asked him not to go to Kauravas. Inspite of being impressed by Duryodhana's the most he became Charioteer of Arjun. He impressed you all too by his truthfulness and boldness but that became problem for you when he wasn't like other worshipping the ground you walk on. He questioned you and Droncharya. What wrong did he say. Revenge is Adharm. That is reason I asked sahi to ask for justice not revenge.

You in your arrogance Started insulting him, Arjun do you really think you could have defeated Maharaj Drupad student of sage Bhardwaj that too while remaining in your Chariot. No it was because of Karna that your Chariot remained intact. His kundals absorbed most of energies of divyastra fired by King Drupad. He even helped you by suggesting you or do you think his cries of ‘my eyes’ were just random. In your arrogance and pride you once again did sin of punishing Karna just because he didn't came to accept your alms which you thought him insulting him and when he told you he is happy with what he earned with hardwork you ego couldn't take it so ti break his spirit you punihed him. Your sins Started from that day and today you reaped what you sown. Your arrogance was the reason you got cursed and that is sole reason what led to this. Do you really think if he wanted to leave, any or all of you can stop him. Let me tell you he didn't need weapons with his Kavach he can march out of Hastinapur, right from the front of you and you can't even put as much as scratch on him. No but he didn't because of Radha kaki and Adhiratha kaka.

You all except Sahdev never left a chance to humiliate him. But he still performed his duties which he didn't needed to do anymore because his parents with his childhood friend and now wife Vrushali has left Hastinapur and went to Mahendragiri and no harm could be done to them. But he still did his duties because he has accepted the punishment and he never ran from consequences of his actions. Not because you all has capabilities to force it upon him. He even saved you all in Varnavrat incident. Sahdev tell them.

Sahdev : Yes he saved us, I had doubts regarding him being trained since I met him, He always had knowledge of things that a uneducated person couldn't have. His views on Dharm is quite intriguing. He told me Dharm is something that liberate not bind anyone. That is the reason I decided to try and save draupadi at Sabha.

At Varnavrat he saved Nakul, mata and Brother Bheem. Do you really think I can lift brother Bheem much less all of you and come outside of burning palace made of wax, no I couldn't. You all were unconscious, palace gates were locked and fire was everywhere I was helpless though I caught Purlochan and his family. I couldn't save you or myself. I tried to protect you but a burning fire pillars was going to fall on me, then Karna came and save me. He had his kavach and pillar broke when he collided with it. Seeing the fire was everywhere I couldn't save all of you so I decided to save Jyeshtha and brother Arjun and thought Karna would save mata as you two will be too heavy for him. I decided such because in this way only one son of both Mata madri and Mata Kunti will die. But to my surprise he lifted Nakul and Mata in one shoulder and picked brother Bheem on his another shoulder and we both came outside of burning palace. He saved our life after everything we did especially after what Nakul and Bhrata Bheem has done to him. I didn't tell you all Because I was maun at that time. He didn't wish to either as he never told you. My maun was protest to what you all have done to him and I have decided too keep it till the curse of Radha kaki have taken effect which was today.

Krishna : Sahdev your penance was on thing that saved sakhi from being disrobed today. Your sins to him just didn't stop there it actually it was just beginning of your atrocities towards him. Lets continue from Varnavrat and bua you too became active part of this sin after Varnavrat. Despite of your behaviour he went ahead and saved your life. Even in vanvas you didn't lay him off despite him being actually the one feeding you all. You all and even bua used him and abused his generosity. To fulfill you stomach Bua herself used him. He unlike you all never begged but earned by his hardwork and brought more food and ingredients than you all brought back combined, Bua saw that so she started treating him little better, even after knowing her motive he still helped because he saw Bua as mother wanting to feed her children. Inspite of bringing most grains he only took the share of an ordinary person and seperately cooked and ate it. Then came the biggest suffering of his life and even I became part of it.

When Arjun won swamvar of draupadi and came back because of Bua's word and Mahadev boon I had to ask him to marry Sakhi knowing he already considered Vrushali who left with his parents as his wife because of her sacrifice. He married Draupadi only on my insistence and because it was boon of Mahadev guru of his guru. I told you all about the quality Draupadi asked in boon but there was one more thing she asked for and that was tolerance and only Karna had that so I have to ask him to marry her despite him being only one who has all the qualities asked in boon. But Draupadi has already considered Arjun as her husband because of Maharaj Drupad's influence. It was because of this reasons and Karna already accepting Vrushali as his wife, I haven't asked Karna to participate in swamvar. Before the Swamvar I talked with him and convinced him to lift weapons again. He could have easily won the swamvar and completed the task but He never has any intention of marrying Draupadi. He never looked at her during swamvar, that is his respect towards woman. Alas he agreed to marry to keep my word and married Sakhi. But what he got again was rejection and insult. Draupadi too insulted him because her ego and pride was hurt when Karna didn't looked at her in swamvar so decided to take revenge, already being influenced by you all and maharaj Drupad she rejected him. He would never have claimed his right if she has asked him to but no she went ahead and insulted him. She never thought of his pride or cared for his honour look what were results of her actions. You all with King Drupad went ahead and insulted him and warned him. Even Bua you forgot all his deed and scolded him as hypocrite. You know what it looked like to me , it looked like someone is spitting towards sky and ultimately tha spit would land on him. Do you truly believe if he wanted to claim his right anyone could have stopped him but he knew woman's consent is biggest in marriage. Draupadi didn't want to have any relation with him so he fulfilled her wish. You all except Sahdev broke your oath to never remarry but he never broke his oath. He never asked draupadi any rights but he did his duty today which all of you failed.

To be continued......