- [Krishna has told Karna the truth about his birth and begs him to join the Pandavas in the upcoming Kurukshetra war. Karna turns down the offer, but later that day, he approaches at a temple alone]
- Karna: O, Creator! Why have I been tormented like this, to learn the truth about my birth? The Sun is still the source of light to the world! My mother is still a respected queen! Yet I, the result of their union, am a wanderer... But I will never give up Duryodhana!
- [shouts]
- Karna: Do you hear me? I will never betray him! He has given me far too much in friendship! I will never betray Duryodhana!
- Karna: Do you know that I have two sweethearts?
- Duryodhana: Really? Who are they? If necessary, I will kidnap them to get them for you!
- Karna: They are not girls, my friend - besides, I can only get one of them and not the other!
- Duryodhana: What do you mean?
- Karna: It is simple - one is the death of Arjuna, the other is my own death.
- Krishna: I incarnate myself whenever truth is in danger, whenever evil threatens to overwhelm it. I come to protect the good and vanquish evil. I come in age after age to establish truth.
- Krishna: Do your duty. This is Karma Yoga. Understand it well! You can opt to do or not to do but that is the end of your right. You cannot control the result. You are an ace archer but if your target moves a little you'll miss it. You control your bow and vision but you cannot control the target. The true man does not cross his limits. Be steady and firm in your duty.
- Yaksha: What is greatest wanderer?
- Yudhishtira: The greatest wonder is that each individual knows that death is ultimate truth and yet believes that maybe he is immortal.
- Bheeshma: The king who blames the past for economy and social ills of the state is not a king. If the past has given you a weak economic and social infrastructure then improve and change it.
- Krishna: The atma cannot be shattered by weapons, it cannot be burnt by fires, it cannot be drenched by the waters and it cannot be rendered dry by the winds.