Jaidratha & Arjuna

🕉️SHUBHA SANDHYA 🕉️

A SHORT STORY ABOUT KRISHNA 🙏

Arjuna's son. Abhimanyu was killed in a tactical move called Chakravyuh, where he was killed by Kaurava warriors. This move had been thought of by Jaidratha, the husband of Dushala, who was the only sister of 100 Kaurava brothers.

After Abhimanyu's death, Arjuna had vowed that he would kill Jaidrath by next sundown and if he wasn't able to, he would self-immolate. The Kauravas thought this as a great opportunity because it is going to be a win win situation for them. The reason was, Jaidratha, got a boon from his father, a great sage Vriddhakshatra, that whoever killed Jaidrath would burst into a thousand pieces once Jaidrath's head would fall on the floor. One way or another, Arjuna's death was assured.

The Kauravas hid Jaidratha in an invincible vyuha, and was protected by the best of warriors like Bhishma, and others. Arjuna fought like a warrior, but he wasn't able to reach Jaidratha, and soon dusk was approaching.

Lord Krishna, also the one who stands on the side of righteousness, used his Sudarshan Chakra to hide the sun momentarily. The Kauravas thought that it was sundown and started celebrating. It was then that Jaidrath came out of his hiding and gloated in front of Arjuna.

Lord Krishna took back his Sudarshan Chakra and the sun started shining again. Realizing that it wasn't sundown yet, Jaidrath started running fearfully back to his enclosure. Arjuna took up his bow to immediately kill Jaidrath but Lord Krishna held his hand. He instructed Arjuna to cut Jaidrath's head in such a way that it fell into the lap of his father, who was meditating on the eastern direction. Arjuna did so, and beheaded Jaidratha, and it fell in the.lap of Vriddhakshatra, who was in deep meditation. Shocked by a head dripping in blood, he, by impulse threw the head.

Since it was Vriddhakshatra that had thrown Jaidrath's head on the ground, it was he who burst into a thousand pieces.

Krishna always stands by those who are righteous, and ensures their victory 🙏

On this auspicious SRIKRISHNA ASHTAMI, let's pledge to righteousness, and let's protect GOSANTATI, which immensely pleases KRISHNA 🙏

यथो धर्मस्तथो कृष्णः

यथो कृष्णस्तथो जयः।