Kurukshetra War Day-14

Knowing the death of his son Abhimanyu, Arjuna vowed to kill Jayadratha on the morrow before the battle ended at sunset, otherwise he would throw himself into the fire. During searching Jayadratha in the crowd, Arjuna slew a whole akshouhini, or hundreds of thousands (109,350) of Kaurava soldiers. However, the Kaurava army had protected Jayadratha very tight hence Arjuna could not attack him. Finally in late afternoon Arjuna found Jayadratha, but was guarded by Karna and five other great warriors. Seeing his friend's plight, in this critical moment Lord Krishna, his charioteer, raised his Sudarshana Chakra to cover the Sun, faking a sunset, thus all took off their arms believing the day had ended and Jayadratha was exposed. As the sun shone last ray Arjuna shot a powerful arrow decapitating Jayadratha.

However the battle continued past sunset. When the bright moon rose, Ghatotkacha, son of Bhima slaughtered numerous warriors, attacked while flying in the air. Karna went against him and both fought fiercely until Karna released the Indrastra, a celestial dart gifted to him by Indra. Ghatotkacha incresed his size and fell on the Kaurav army killing thousands of soldiers and died.

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