Mahabharat 2nd October 2013 Written Update

Mahabharat 2nd October 2013 Written Episode

Bheeshma pays a visit to his mother… The thespian is worried that he has strayed from the path of Dharma by pushing Gandhari to a marriage with a blind man and not asking once for her consent…Ganga ally’s his dilemma..Gandhari had not rebelled against the proposal nor Bheeshma would have attacked the state of Gandhar had Gandhari denied getting into matrimony…Ganga tells her son of the necessity to take tough decisions at times for in it’s wake lies the fruits of future benefit …The prick of conscience that Gandhari had blindfolded herself as a revolt was laid to rest in Bheeshma’s heart.

Ambika and Ambalika are trying to ascertain what motivated the actions of Gandhari.. rebellion or the dharma of being a true wife in all essence…Ambika wisely points out the only perspective that matters in this case is of Dhritarashtra…

Dhitarashtra and Gandhari’s chamber…

The first meeting of the husband and wife…. in nothing what each had expected.. The intentions of Gadhari questioned.. the answers thus given widened the gulf between them instead of narrowing it…
Gandhari mentions her husband as not disabled but differently abled.. and her sincere wish to understand him by leading a life of being less fortunate like him ….

Dhritarashtra is repulsed at the concessions being made by his wife for his physical short comings….

He is reminded of his need to be dependent on someone everytime even though he tries to be independent of it.. He sharpens his other senses to guide himself through the palace to understand things inspite of being unable to see it… He conducts himself as a future king who is not in anyway inadequate…He is not unfortunate but the fortunate one who would ascend the throne and be the ruler of a great empire …

(His wife had failed to see him as an equal to her…She had a long way to go before she could be his ardhangini.. She had to overcome her own disadvantages to be able to function normally before holding his hand in understanding)

Dhritarashtra wants her to remove the covering from her eyes….She is unable to do so as she had taken a vow and breaking it would be sacrilegious… If her husband as an emperor commanded her to do so .. she would but then the price would be her life….

Dhritiarashtra throws the gift he had brought for his wife.. He refuses to accept Gandhari as his better half even if the kingdom bestows on her the honour of being the queen…

Krishna spreads his sagacious thoughts of how interpersonal relationship form the bane of man.. He strives to get happiness out of it..Yet it is also the reason for his unhappiness and conflict arises when man desires to change the status quo of the relationship he is presented with.. Whenever there is acceptance of relationships without a desire to mould it differently, happiness and contentment prevails…

Satyavati wants Dhritarashtra to ascend the throne and Pandu to be the general of Hatinapur and Vidur the prime minister.. Bheeshma is worried that Dhritarashtra is not a worthy candidate for the job and he might not want Vidur as an advisor once he becomes the king…He goes further to state that Dhritarashtra is perturbed by his blindness and sees being king as an opportunity to compensate for this weakness..

Satyavati has a solution to it also.. she wants the appointment of Pandu and Vidur to happen before the crowing of Dhritarashtra as a king…She believes it is necessary to crown the eldest kuru prince as the king to avoid any future discord for the empire.. She urges Bheeshma to pay heed to her advise…

Vidur meets Bheeshma and wants to pass up the job of being the prime minister…He doesnot want to enter into a conflict between his love for his kith and kin and his job…
Bheesham explains the difference on what will be the result if he chooses the side of duty and family ties…which finally makes Vidur make up his mand to take on the roya duties of the prime minister…

Dhritarashtra is practicing his acceptance speech on being give the throne of Hastinapur…

Precap: The crowning ceremony of Dhritarashtra is held up due to an objection from Vidur…