Abhimanyu - Born to Die

3. ARJUNA SUBHADRA

4. ABHIMANYU: Learned to enter impenetrable Chakravyuha when Arjuna spoke about
entering Chakravyuha and later Subhadra dozed to sleep, so he stopped explaining.

5. ABHIMANYU: An unparalleled archer and is considered to
equal his father in ability with the bow and arrow

6. ARJUNA
Krishna desiring Abhimanyu’s death because Abhimanyu is capable of killing the
entire Kauravas all alone and that would make it impossible for the Pandava
brothers who have taken vows of killing individual Kauravas.

7. On the 13th day of
battle, the
Kauravas challenge
the Pandavas to
break a circular
battle formation
known as the
Chakravyuha. The
Pandavas accept
the challenge since
they know that the
knowledge of how
to defeat such a
formation is known
to Krishna and
Arjuna. However,
on that day,
Krishna and Arjuna
are dragged into
fighting a war on
another front with
the Samsaptakas.

8. Since the Pandavas have accepted the challenge already, they have no choice but to
attempt to use young lad Abhimanyu, who has knowledge on how to break into the
formation but none whatsoever regarding how to break out of it

9. Abhimanyu uses his
skills to successfully
break into the
formation. The
Pandava brothers and
allies attempt to
follow him inside the
formation, but they
are effectively cut off
by Jayadratha, the
Sindhu king, who
makes use of a boon
from Shiva to hold off
all Pandavas except
Arjuna for one day
only.

10. When Abhimanyu commands his charioteer to lead his chariot towards Drona, the
man is not happy to do so and raises objections. even if I find in front of me in the
battlefield my father Arjuna or my uncle himself, the mighty Vishnu who has
conquered the whole universe, that wouldn’t frighten me.

11. Abhimanyu fights valiantly single-handedly slaying several warriors who come his way including
Duryodhana's son Laxman, Karna’s younger brother. He wounds Karna and makes him flee,
makes Dushshasana faint in the battlefield so that he has to be carried off by others.
ABHIMANYU

12. The Rule of War Breached by Duryodhana first:
Upon witnessing the death of his beloved son, Duryodhana is incensed
and orders the entire Kaurava force to attack Abhimanyu.

13. The Rule of War again
Breached by Karna:
Continually frustrated
in attempts to pierce
Abhimanyu's armor,
Karnaon Dronacharya's
advice shatters
Abhimanyu's bow
firing arrows from
behind him. Thus
disabled, his chariot
breaks down shortly
later, the charioteer
and horses are killed,
and all his weapons are
laid to waste.

14. He attempts
then to fight off
the bow
wielding
warriors sitting
on horses,
elephants at
the same time
with a sword
and holds his
own until his
sword breaks.
ABHIMANYU

15. ABHIMANYU
Brave people wont run even if the way is
At last, he
fought with a
chariot wheel
as a shield.
Dushasana's
son engages
in fierce hand
to hand
combat with
Abhimanyu

16. Ignoring all codes
of war, the
Kauravas all fight
simultaneously
with him.
Abhimanyu gets
killed shortly
thereafter when
Dushasana's son,
Jayadhratha
crushes his skull
with a mace. It is
said that it is
Abhimanyu's
death that marks
the end of the
adherence to the
rules of war.