Mahabharat: Season 3
Season 3 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Mahabharat Season 2.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Karna impresses Bhishma
Oct 23, 2013
Seeing Karna's chariot skills and archery, Bhishma awards him with hundred gold coins. Bhishma tells Sushena to send Karna to Magadh to learn archery, as only Kshatriyas are allowe
Shakuni lies to Dhritarashtra
Oct 24, 2013
Vidura informs Dhritarashtra about Duryodhan's incident with the fishermen. Shakuni lies to Dhritarashtra that the fishermen attacked Duryodhan and wounded him. Dhritarashtra gets
Satyavati wants Pandu to return
Oct 25, 2013
Bhagirathi blames Satyavati for the downfall of Hastinapur. To rectify her mistake, she sets out for the forest to convince Pandu to return. All this while, Shakuni continues to pr
The cursed Pandu
Oct 28, 2013
Pandu and Madri get intimate causing Pandu's death -- the curse is working. Madri sacrifices her life, believing she was responsible for Pandu's death. Satyavati takes Kunti and he
Who will be the next king?
Oct 29, 2013
Satyavati asks Vidur to make Yudhishtir, the next ruler of Hastinapur. Meanwhile, Dhritarashtra decides to make Duryodhan his successor. Bhishma asks Shakuni to tell Dhritarashtra
Kunti, sons arrive at Hastinapur
Oct 30, 2013
Kunti and her sons arrive at Hastinapur. Bhishma, Dhritarashtra and Gandhari welcome Kunti and her sons. Kunti informs her sons about Gandhari's sons. Shakuni provokes Duryodhan in
Duryodhan against Bhishma
Oct 31, 2013
Dhritarashtra assures Duryodhan that he will be the next King of Hastinapur. Shakuni shares his plan to throw the Pandavas out of Hastinapur with Duryodhan. Later, Vidura informs B
Training the princes
Nov 1, 2013
As part of their training, Bhishma asks the children to eat without bending their elbows. He suggests to Dhritarashtra that the children be sent to gurukul. The Kauravas continue t
Pandavas, Kauravas keep fighting
Nov 4, 2013
Duryodhan confronts the Pandavas for making his brothers fall from a tree. Duryodhan and Dushyasan attack Bheem. Bhishma stops their fight and punishes them. Kunti asks her sons to
Duryodhan plans to kill Bheem
Nov 5, 2013
As Drona agrees to stay in Hastinapur, Dhritarashtra and Bhishma argue over the fight between the Pandavas and Duryodhan. Meanwhile, Duryodhan and Dushyasan plan to kill Bheem. Sha
Bheem is thrown into a river
Nov 6, 2013
Drona informs Dhritarashtra that he will teach the Pandavas and Kauravas, along with his son, Ashwatthama. But he refuses to teach them in Hastinapur. Shakuni and Duryodhan push Bh
Kunti is delighted to see Bheem
Nov 7, 2013
Shakuni informs Dhritarashtra that Bheem's belongings were found in a tiger's den. Thirteen days after Bheem goes missing, he returns for his own death ceremony. He comes in disgui
Kunti to shift to Kuntibhoj
Nov 8, 2013
Kunti decides to shift to Kuntibhoj. Bhishma tells Dhritarashtra to ensure justice for Kunti and her sons. He also informs him that Drona will teach his sons for 12 years and instr