A dynastic struggle occurs for the throne of Hastinapur, the kingdom ruled by the Kuru clan, between the Kauravas and Pandavas, collateral branches of the clan, which causes the Kurukshetra War.
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Kunti arrives to meet Karna and later shares her dismay with Bhishma. Karna and Arjun fight each other, but Karna's chariot's wheel gets stuck. When he gets down to remove the wheel, Arjun kills him.
Abhimanyu enters the 'chakravyuh', where Karna finally defeats and kills Abhimanyu.
Gandhari warns Dhritarashtra that the attempt to disrobe Draupadi would cause the destruction of his lineage. Dhritarashtra gives everything back to the Pandavs.
While Yashoda happily reared Shri Krishna in Nandgaon, his real mother Devki, and his father Vasudev spent days inside the prison in Mathura.
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