Gambling Match. Source
Peter Brook - Mahabharata, link to online film.
- Part B starts at the 53 minute mark and goes until the 1 hour and 38 minute mark
- Vishnu takes on human form and descends to play his role (some thought that he came down as Krishna)
- The Ganesha mask is removed from the character and it is Krishna
- Krishna is met by the Pandavas and Draupadi
- Krishna believes that Yudhishthira is the right choice for king
- Duryodhana gives the Pandavas part of the kingdom
- There is a war now and Duhshasana and Karna give advice on how to beat the Pandavas
- Bhishna will be loyal to Dhritarashtra and his sons in the war
- Gandhari's brother, Shakuni, arrives
- Duryodhana was telling Shakuni of his jealousy and anger towards the Pandavas
- Shakuni wants to play a game of dice and will win for Duryodhana
- Shakuni gets into a gambling match
- Shakuni is a known cheater and wins every roll
- Yudhishthira gambles all of his possessions
- Shakuni won everything from Yudhishthira after he gambled his brothers, he even staked himself
- Bhima vows to kill Duhshasana and drink his blood
- Draupadi vows that she will wash her hair in Duhshasana's blood and that Duryodhana will die from a blow to the thigh
- "This will be a terrible war" - Duryodhana to his father
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