Jayadratha

Indian mythology · king · the fatal blockade

King of Sindhu who held the gap that trapped Abhimanyu to his death. Arjuna vowed to kill him by the next sunset or burn himself alive, and Krishna briefly hid the sun to make it happen.

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The Death of Abhimanyu

Sixteen years old, Abhimanyu breaks alone into the spiral formation whose exit he never learned. Jayadratha seals the breach behind him, and six warriors together break every rule of combat to bring him down. Arjuna vows Jayadratha dies by next sunset or he burns himself alive.