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Mahabharat: Frustrated Kauravas to break all rules of war to avenge Jaydrath’s death!
The revered hero of Mahabharat – Arjun – was devastated to find that his warrior son Abhimanyu was ruthlessly killed by many men from the enemy army in the battlefield.
He had vowed to kill the King of Sindhu – Jaydrath – before sunset or immolate himself in the holy fire if he fails to fulfill his vow.
The next day saw Arjun wiping off the enemy ranks with stupefying deftness. From his preceptor Drona to his arch rival Karna, none had the strength to withstand a wounded father in the battlefield.
As Arjun approached Duryodhana, he found that Jaydrath is still far from his reach as he was in hiding within the Kaurava camps. Laughing at Arjun’s helplessness, the Kauravas declared that he should prepare himself for his sad fate and all the while mocking at him for choosing Krishna over his army.
But Krishna smartly hides the sun with his discus to bring about the illusion of dusk in order to deceive the enemy army.
Believing it to be sundown, Jaydrath comes out from hiding to see Arjun’s plight. However, the ball moves into Arjun’s court when Shakuni catches hold of Krishna’s trick and points at the discus covering the Sunlight.
However, it is too late for Jaydrath or for anyone to prevent Arjun from shooting the Pashupatastra from his Gandiva bow. The smartly shot weapon beheads Jaydrath and his head goes on to fall in his father’s lap so that it kills two birds with one stone.
Jaydrath’s killing infuriates the Kauravas even more as he was their brother-in-law. They urge Karna to use Indra’s Vajra to kill Arjun the next day and venture out to attack the Pandava camp even late at night, thereby, breaking the rule that none should fight post sunset.
Our next post will tell how the baffled Pandavas deal with the unexpected fire of wrath of the Kauravas.
