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King Shantanu of Hastinapur is in love with a Fisherwoman Satyavati. Later his first wife Ganga hands over their son Devavrata whom she took away with her 25 years ago. Shantanu crowns Devavrata as his successor upon which Satyavati gets upset as her sons from Shantanu cannot be Kings in future and refuses to marry Shantanu. Devavrata who learns this meets Satyavati and vows that he will let go his status of crown prince and also that he will remain celibate throughout his life so that his future generation does not claim the throne. Shantanu in favor of Devavrata's sacrifice give him the boon of Ichcha Mrityu and also gives him the title Bhishma'.

25 years later, Vichitravirya the son of Shantanu and Satyavati, is captured by King of Pancha for trespassing. Bhishma rescues him fighting the Panchal troops and earns a curse that someone who is born in Panchal will be the reason for his death. Bhishma is harsh with Vichi while training warfare. Satyavati (now a widowed Rajmata) is unhappy about this.

King of Kasi arranges a Swayamvar for his three daughters Amba, Ambika and Ambalika. Bhishma as ordered by Satyavati reaches the Swayamvar and abducts Ambika and Ambalika. He leaves Amba there as she is in love with King Salva, one among the contenders. Salva rejects Amba and suggests that she should approach Bhishma for marriage. Bhishma too rejects her and asks her to seek help from Parasuram, his Guru for justice. Parasuram also rejects her saying his student cannot do injustice.

Vichitravirya is about to be crowned as King, but unfortunately dies during the ceremony. Satyavati's maiden son Ved-Vyas is appointed to complete Niyoga on his brother's wives. Ambika, Ambalika and their servant maid give birth to Dhridrashtra (Blind), Pandu and Vidura respectively.

Amba convinces Parasuram who calls for Bhishma to fight. The fight is balanced and powerful. Lord Shiva appears to stop the fight and gives a boon to Amba that she can be the cause of Bhishma's death if it is for a good cause. Amba decides to finish her life and revenge Bhishma in her next birth.

25 years later, Amba is reborn as Sikhandini to Drupad the King of Panchal. The Princes of Hastinapur have grown into strong and wise men. Dhrid speaks harsh to Pandu and Vidura as he thinks that they both remind him of his disability often. Bhishma seeks the hand of Gandhari, princess of Gandhar for Dhrid. Gandhar King Subala hesitates as Dhrid is blind but finally agrees due to fear of Bhishma. Gandhari and her brother Shakuni are unhappy. Shakuni urges to stop the marriage but Gandhari decides to marry Dhrid. Gandhari blindfolds herself to accompany her husband in darkness. Hastinapur disagrees but Gandhari manages to convince them and she is married to Dhrid. Dhrid is unhappy and disowns her.

Vidura and Pandu are appointed as Chief Minister and Commander of army respectively. Vidura stops Dhrid's coronation as King quoting his disability. Dhrid is annoyed and no one could convince him. He drains his anger on Gandhari. Half hearted Pandu agrees to be crowned as King. Raged Shakuni refuses to go back to Gandhar until Gandhari becomes the empress of Hastinapur. To remind his vow he pierces his thigh with his knife and makes a non-healable wound. Shakuni begins to poison Dhrid's mind against Pandu and also reminds him about Gandhari's boon from Lord Shiva to get 100 sons. Dhrid grows hope that his son can become King in future.

Pandu wins Kunti in her swayamvar. Pandu also marries Madra Princess Madri. Dhrid reconciles with Gandhari with hopes of making their son the Future King of Hastinapur. Later, Hastinapur celebrates the news of Gandhari's pregnancy when Pandu who killed Rishi Kindama accidentally in his hunting tour decides to quit the throne and to become a vanavasi. Bhishma tries hard to convince Pandu but in vain. Dhrid is also unhappy about Pandu's decision but Shakuni is happy. Dhrid is made the provisional King.

Gandhari does not deliver the child inspite of 15 months of pregnancy. Dhrid is upset with the news of the birth of Pandu's first son and calls Gandhari's maid to his Chamber. Distressed on Dhird's action, Gandhari beats her womb hard to deliver a lump of flesh. Everyone is upset when Satyavati identifies that Ved Vyas can give a solution. Vyas cuts the lump of flesh into 101 pieces and puts them into individual pots along with other required materials. He confirms that 100 sons and 1 daughter will be born from the pots soon.

After some days, the first child is born when bad omens start showing off everywhere. Vidura and Kripa suggest abandonment of the child who will be the reason for destruction of mankind. Bhishma says that the father of the child will be the one to decide. Dhrid decides not to abandon the child and names him Duryodhan. Later 99 sons are born from the rest of the pots while Gandhari awaits birth of her daughter. Gandhari's maid Sukhda is pregnant now.

15 years later, Dhridrashtra's sons are found to be involved in misdeeds with the fishermen of Hastinapur. Shakuni superficially wounds Duryodhan and reports to Dhrid that the fisherman have wounded Dury badly. Dhrid out of his blind love evacuates the fisherman clan from Hastinapur. While they leave, a fisherman reminds Satyavati about how good Pandu was.

Satyavati questions Ganga about why she did not stop Bhishma when he was about to take his vow. They have and argument when Ganga blames Satyavati to be the reason for all calamities to which Satyavati finally agrees and plans to correct it. She decides to bring back Pandu to the throne. Shakuni knowing this plan informs the same to Dhrid and Gandhari. He says only their children will be called Kauravas not the children of Pandu. Satyavati reaches the forest of Pandu only to find him dead due to Kindama's curse. Madri commits suicide. Satyavati asks Vidura to take Kunti and the 5 sons of Pandu to Hastinapur while she leaves to Ved Vyas's hermitage.

Shakuni and Dhrid plan to use Vidura's and Satyavati's absence to crown Dury as prince. Bhishma knowing this confronts with Shakuni and threatens to kill him if he does not convince Dhrid to revert the plan. Shakuni obeys. Pandavas along with Kunti arrive. Kaurava kids are not happy with this. Bhishma tells that Yudishtar being the eldest among all is the rightful one to be respected by the others. Dury is unhappy and has an argument with his parents and uncle. Gandhari says that he will be King only when he develops to be worthy of it. Dhrid disregards her words to say that his son will be King. Kunti is welcomed into the palace and Dushala greets her.

Dhrid, Shakuni, Vidura and Bhishma have a discussion and decide that the princes need to be educated under a guru. The Kaurava kids try to bully the Pandavas and Bhima teaches them a lesson. Duryodhan agrees with Shakuni that Bhima is their threat. The Kids play in the Garden. Dushala throws the ball that hit her doll into a well. Dronacharya gets the ball out using dry grasses. Arjuna runs to the court with the ball to inform Bhishma about Drona. Dury isolates Bhima from his brothers to an island, poisons him and pushes him down the river.

Bhishma and Vidura meet Drona and request him to be the Guru of the princes. Drona demands that the princes have to be outside their luxuries. Dhrid refuses and Drona leaves. Later Bhima who was considered dead is saved by a Naga King. He returns and informs what Dury did. Bhishma uses this act of Dury and convinces Dhrid to accept Drona's demands. Bhishma sends Shakuni back to Gandhar as King Subala has planned to retire to the forest. The kids leave to Drona's school.

Dury and Dushi meet Ashwathama the son of Drona and befriend him. Drona promises Ashwi that he will be made King of Panchal and that he will not need the help of his friends for that. Ekalavya, a tribal prince comes into the picture who claims that Drona is his Guru too. He had practiced archery with Drona's statue as his Guru. Dury, Dushi and Ashwi try to befriend Ekalavya but Drona comes and seeks Ekalavya's right hand thumb as his fees and also asks him to leave to Magadha. Ekalavya leaves. Drona is unhappy for doing such a sinful act. He explains to Arjuna that he had to do it as Magadha was the rival nation of Hastinapur.

After 12 years, Ashwi meets Shakuni in a place nearby Hastinapur. Shakuni's father is now dead and he made a new pair of dice from his father's bone which will obey him same as his father. Shakuni promises to make Dury the King of Hastinapur. Shakuni moves to Hastinapur and meets Dhrid, Gandhari, Bhishma and Vidura. Drona too arrives and all decide that a competition will be held to present the skills of the Princes.

In the Arena all the elders are present. Dushala also joins them. The competition begins and Ashwi aims at the rotating wheel engraved with the names of the Princes and hits the names of the princes one by one, first being Dury. Dury defeats Nakula and Sahadeva in fair fight. Next is Bhima who makes Dury bleed and is disqualified. Yudi backs off from the fight as Dury had enraged him by talking fowl of Kunti. Dury defeats Yudi from behind. Finally Arjuna manages to trap Dury in ice bergs and is announced the winner. Drona also announces that he is the Best Archer of the world. When Arjuna is about to release Dury, Karna releases Dury and also argues with Drona that he cannot announce Arjuna to be the best of Archers before Arjuna can defeat him. He is rejected by Kripa as Karna is not a Kshatriya but a Suta-putra. Karna is dejected and leaves. Dury stops him and crowns him the King of Anga and befriends him. Karna-Arjuna compete and the show ends without result due to sunset.

Kauravas meet their father and seek blessings. Dury is interested in another combat but is put down by the elders. Dury makes a statue of him as he assumes that he will be the future King. Later Bhima breaks this statue and Dury is angered. Ashwi is happy that Dury will be crowned as Yuvraj. Drona is not happy and leaves to the court. In the court Bhishma tries to convince Dhrid that Pandu had immense faith in him and Dhrid should not do anything that would harm that. When Dhrid is about to announce the crown prince, Drona arrives and demands his Guru Dakshina of conquering Drupad his childhood friend who turned him down on status basis. The princes leave to Panchal and Dury says that the Pandavas and Kauravas will not war together. Kauravas fail in accomplishing the task while the Pandavas succeed.

Dury threatens Dhrid that he will crush the honor of Hastinapur if Yudi is made the Yuvraj. Dury compels Karna to leave dharma which always hinders his path to the throne. Karna hesitates but finally agrees. Dhrid tries to manipulate Yudi to forsake his right to the throne but Arjuna reminds him his dharma. Dhrid confirms that Yudi will be the crown prince. Yudi is crowned as the Yuvraj of Hastinapur. Dury pretends to accept Yudi as the crown prince. Karna and Shakuni are upset.

Gandhari understands Dury and tries to console him. Dury says that he will do anything for the throne. Bhishma meets Ganga and tells her that he wishes to leave this world as now Hastinapur is in the hands of dharma. Ganga tells him that the time has not come.

Dury announces in the court that he will get Dushala married to Jayadradha, King of Sindu. There is commotion in the court as Sindu is a rival of Hastinapur. Dury and Shakuni speak some harsh words to Yudi and Bhishma so that Yudi gets uncomfortable in staying with them. Yudi meets Bhishma in private and wishes to give away the throne to Dury. Bhishma refuses on account of Yudi's dharma as a crown prince.

Purochan the architect convinces Kunti and Yudi to leave to Varanavrat a nearby city. Vidura tries to stop Yudi but Yudi is firm. Dury Dushi and Shakuni discuss their plan to burn the Pandavas and Kunti alive. Karna is shocked to know this. He opposed the plan but Dury is adamant. Pandavas leave to Varanavrat. Vidur watches Karna being upset and send a spy behind him. Karna meets his foster parents and shows his distress. Adiratha suggests Karna to do charity and pray for peace for himself and his friend. Karna's words reach Vidur who understands that the Pandavas life is in danger. Dhird calls for Dury to check what his plans are and tries to stop him. Dury is in no mood to change. Vidura sends a clue to Varanavrat which the Pandavas failed to understand. Adiratha also meets Bhishma and informs that Pandavas lives seem to be in danger. Bhishma leaves to Varanavrat. Dury, Dushi and Shakuni discuss and change the plan to kill the Pandavas immediately instead of the planned new moon day. Shakuni send the message through his messenger bird, Shukra.

Purochan ignites the palace from outside but Pandavas escape underground. Bhishma reaches there just after the Pandavas escape and puts off the fire with his Varunastra. He collects the weapons of Pandavas and reaches Hastinapur upset and crying. Citizens of Hastinapur mourn the death of their Princes and Queen. Dury, Dushi and Shakuni are very excited on the news of the death of Pandavas. Karna is unhappy. Bhishma drops the weapons in Ganges and is very dejected as Hastinapur's future is now a question. Vidura tries to console Bhishma.