The King of Trigartadesa, Susharma along with his 3 brothers who were fighting on the Kaurava side made a pact that they would make sure that Arjun comes and doesn't break the Chakravuyh and kill him or die. They went into the battlefield on the twelfth day and challenged Arjun. Arjun gave them a fierce fight in which the brothers fell dead after fighting a brave fight. Drona continued to try and capture Yudishthir.
On the other side of the battlefield, the remaining four Pandavas and their allies were finding it impossible to break Dronacharya's "Chakravyuh" formation. As Arjun was busy fighting with the Trigartadesa princes and the Prajayogastha monarch on the other side of the battlefield, he could not be summoned to break the Chakravyuha formation, which could only be broken by entering and exiting the formation. Yudishthir instructed,Abhimanyu, one of Arjun's sons to break the Chakravyuha formation. Abhimanyu knew the secret of entering the Chakravyuha formation, but did not know how to exit it. As soon as abhimanyu entered the formation, King Jayadrath stopped all the pandava forces from entering. He had got a boon from shiva, to defeat any number of warriors for one particular day in the war, except for Arjun, who was away then. Abhimanyu slew tens of thousands of warriors. Some of them included Vrihadvala, the ruler of Kosala, the ruler of Kratha, the ruler of Assaka, Martikavat prince of Bhojas, Shalya's son Rukmartha, Shalya's younger brother and so many others. He also killed Duryodhan's son. Duryodhan got enraged and ordered Durmashana, who was Dushasan's son to attack Abhimanyu but he died under the hands of Abhimanyu. Next he ordered his men to attack Abhimanyu all at once. Abhimanyu fought but was surrounded and attacked by many warriors in a combined attack. Abhimanyu lost his chariot, horses, bow, sword and at last his shield. He was shot with multiple arrows from all sides. Upon learning of the death of his son, Arjun vowed to kill Jayadrath on the morrow before the battle ended at sunset, otherwise he would throw himself into the fire.
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Gandivdhari Arjun-The Warrior Prince
Fiksi SejarahArjun was one of the five Pandava brothers of the Mahabharat epic. He was born to Kunti and King Pandu with the energy of Indra, the leader of the gods. At a very young age he got acclaim for the sincerity and skill in archery. He was known for his...
