May 12, 2020
Karn: The Overrated Warrior
May 10, 2020
Jaidrath Vadh: The revenge of Arjun
Jaidrath Vadh
Mahabharata Drona Parv Ch 85-146
When Arjun came to know about death of Abhimanyu and that Jaidrath was main reason as he had stopped rest of army from entering Chakra Vyuha, He pledged to kill Jaidrath next day.
Also Read: Abhimanyu Vadh
To Save Jaidrath, Drona had made Shakat Vyuha on 14th day of MBH war. All the army was focused to stop Arjuna from reaching Jaidrath.
On 14th day, Major Warriors from Pandavas side were Arjun, Satyaki and Bheem.
Today's Major accomplishments were:
1. Arjun destroyed Elephant army of Durmarshan
2. He defeated Dushashan and his army badly. Dushashan had to flee from battlefield.
3. He defeated Dronacharya and Kritvarma.
4. Dhrishtdhumn was badly injured by Dronacharya and Satyaki came to his rescue.
5. Arjun killed Vind, Anuvind and other warriors from Kaurav army. He made a pond in between the kurukshetra so that his horses could rest. Then again he marched towards Jaidrath.
6. Duryodhana equipped with Armour given by Dronacharya came to fight him. Arjun still defeated him and he had to flee.
7. Bheem defeated Alambush. Alambush was a Rakshas, the son of Jatasur.
8. Satyaki defeated Dronacharya. Yuddhisthir sent Satyaki to help Arjuna.
9. Satyaki defeated Kritvarma and killed Jalsandh.
10. Satyaki defeated Kamboj army, Yavan army, Mlechhas, Dronacharya and killed Sudarshan. He defeated Duryodhana along with his brothers.
11. Meanwhile, Dronacharya counters Dhrishtdhumn, he defeated Panchal army and killed many Panchal warriors. Dhrishtdhumn had to leave the battlefield.
12. When Yuddhisthir saw Dronacharya killing Pandavas, he sent Bheem to backup Satyaki and Arjun.
13. Bheem killed About 19 brothers of Duryodhana and destroyed Chariot of Dronacharya.
14. Bheem defeated Karna.
15. Satyaki killed Bhurishrava. Earlier during this battle, Arjun save Satyaki from Bhurishrava.
16. Arjun defeated Karna and Ashwasthama.
17. Arjun made Kripacharya unconscious.
18. Arjun killed Jaidrath.
Point to be noted for Karna fans is that Karna was defeated by bheem, Satyaki and Arjun in battles. I don't know where they read about Karna being better than Arjun.
Hence, On 14th day of war, Arjun killed Jaidrath and Pandavas defeated Kauravas.
Later that day and even night the war continued and Ghatotkacha was Killed by Karna.
May 8, 2020
Abhimanyu: The best of Warriors
Abhimanyu: The best of Warriors
Mahabharata Drona Parv Ch 33-50
On 11th and 12th Day of war Drona have been trying to capture Yuddhisthir but Couldn't do it because of Arjun.
So on 13th Day, Drona pledged to kill anyone Maharathi from Pandavas army and he created Chakra Vyuha to fulfill that pledge.
Arjun was distracted and taken away by Sanshaptakas.
When Pandavas came to know about Chakra Vyuha, Abhimanyu told that he knows how to enter the Vyuha but doesn't know the outlet. Yuddhisthir told him that he along with other warriors will follow him into the Vyuha.
Abhimanyu started at the Gate and defeated Drona along with his army.
Some of major accomplishments on the day were:
1. Killed son of Ashmak and brother of Shalya.
2. Made Shalya unconscious.
3. Defeated Dushashan and Karna.
(Karna was defeated even by Abhimanyu leave Arjun aside.)
4. Killed brother of Karna.
5. Killed Satyashrava, Rukmarath and other Prince warriors.
6. Defeated Duryodhana.
7. Killed Laxman and Son of Krath.
8. Killed Brihadwal(King of Koshal) and other kings.
9. Defeated 6 Maharathi warriors at once.
10. Killed Ashwaketu and Bhoj and defeated Karna again.
Abhimanyu was killed by 6 Maharathi warriors after all this destruction.
They were: Dronacharya and Kripacharya, Karna, Kritvarma and Ashwasthama.
They all broke his Bow. When he defended himself with Sword and shield, Drona broke his sword. He then started killing Kauravas with a Chakra. They destroyed his Chakra too. He then wielded a Gada and killed the horses of Ashwasthama.
Then son of Dushashan killed him with his Gada.
Thus, Abhimanyu marked his name in History with Golden letters on 13th day of Mahabharata war.