Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Reading Notes: Abhimanyu


(Uttara and Abhimanyu: Wikimedia Commons)
  • Abhimanya is the son of Arjuna.
  • The Pandava's cousins exile them, but Abhimanya and his mother stay in the royal, and Abhimanya vows to avenge the wrongdoings done to his father and the other Pandavas.
  • The Pandavas meet King Virata, and he offers his daughters.
  • Arjuna suggests that Virata's daughter, Uttara, marries Abimanya, and so, they marry.
  • Krishna tries to make peace between the Pandavas and the Kauravas when the Pandava's exile ended, but the Kauravas want war.
  • The Kauravas attack in a specific formation that only Abhimanya knows how to partially defeat.
  • He knows how to break it but not to exit it.
  • Abhimanya breaks the formation but gets cut off and is left to defend himself.

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