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Mahabharata War Day 13 - Fall of Abhimanyu

Episode#67 When Arjuna & Lord Krishna proceeded towards the Samsaptakas, Drona rearranged his army in lotus formation and attack Yudhishtira fiercely. Abhimanyu though an adolescent had already won recognition as a mighty warrior and as an equal to his father and uncle in warfare. Yudhishtira called Abhimanyu and said, "Dear son, Drona is attacking our army in Arjuna's absence and if we happened to be defeated, his grief will be beyond measure, none of us has been able to break Drona array of Chakra Vyuha, you only can enter this array. I ask you to take up this task."  "I can do it replied Abhimanyu "I have been instructed by my father how to penetrate, but later it becomes imperative for me to come out." Bhima supported Yudhishtira proposal "I shall be immediately behind you and enter when you succeed in breaking the enemy's formation. " Abhimanyu felt greatly inspired by the collective advise and motivated by his own gallant nature u...

Jayadhrata humiliates Draupadi...

Episode#33 Later when Pandavas lived in the forest, Jayadhrata married to Dusshala to the only sister of Kauravas visited Draupadi when she was alone; she offered him fruits and milk and asked him to wait till her husbands returned. She had no inkling of his purpose of his visit but felt uncomfortable when he said, "I came here to see you" Draupadi was shocked by the audacity of the man when he offered her to join him to Sindhu, since he could provide her much better life than the forest life, with righteous rage, she replied "I am the queen of Indraprashta, the wife of Pandavas, how dare you speak to me like this?" Jayadhrata sneered at her "When you have no kingdom, so you cannot be queen, you are just beggar, a whore of five husbands, you are publicly disrobed by the Kauravas" humiliating her, he grabbed her and drove her in his chariot, Draupadi screamed "My husbands will kill you" but her wailings fells on deaf ears." A passerby who...