Война - день 12 (по запросу Нирмалы)

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Day 12 of the war continues

WAR SCENES :

On hearing the loud shouts from Trigarthas , Arjuna informs Yudhishtira :

I am being called for a battle by them. As per Kshatriya Dharma, I cannot refuse this & hence shall fight with them. I know their intentions. This ploy is to divert my attention but I am giving U solid assistance through Satyajit , the Panchala Prince.

Saying this, Arjuna moves towards the Trigarthas . Seeing Arjuna coming in their direction, the joy of Trigarthas was immeasurable as their plans went exactly.

Now the Kauravas, with great cheer rushed towards Yudhishtira .

Arjuna kills many number of Trigartha army men which make them panic in brief.

However, Susharma cheers them up & reminds them of the combined resolve & rearranges the forces & resumes the fight with renewed vigour.

& the battle was one of the best moments of the war.

Innumerable shafts were sprayed on both Arjuna & Krishna that Krishna shouted once :

HEY ARJUNA , ARE YOU ALIVE ??

As a reply to this, Arjuna like a flash, annihilates all weapons by saying

YES I AM !

Indeed it was an extrordinary display of archery by Arjuna this day as he had to face tens of thousands & thousands of committed armymen whose sole focus was to attack Arjuna !

This fight went on for hours .


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While Arjuna was furiously engaged thus with the Trigarthas , Drona, at the head of his forces, arrayed for battle rushed with glee towards Yudhishtira.

As Drona’s troops were formatted like a GARUDA, Yudhishtira arranges his troops in the form of a SEMI-CIRCLE.

While the Drona troop was headed by Drona, Karna stood at the tail with his armymen.

Even before Yudhishtira could give commands to Drishtadyumna, the latter rushed forward with ferocity.

On seeing Drishtadyumna , Drona for a moment became cheerless ( Already he was aware that Durupadha had performed a yaga to annihilate him & it was none other than Drishtadyumna ). Seeing the face of Drona, Durmuka, another Kaurava son, resisted Drishtadyumna.

Now Drona focused his attention on Durupadha. Satyajit comes to the help of Durupadha. After a long battle , Drona cuts off
Satyajit’s head & another Panchala prince dies .

Now Satanika, the prince of Matsaya kingdom & son of Virata tried to check Drona’s assault but he was no match for Drona as he also fell dead with his head cut off.

This creates panic on Yudhishtira who moves few yards backwards.

Now the entire Panchalas regrouped tried to attack Drona. But
Shikandi & even Satyaki were no par with Acharya as he tormented them at will.

Having vanquished almost whomsoever he came across, Drona, once again marched towards a panicking Yudhishtira.

Seeing the advancement of Drona , Duryodhana cheerfully addressed Karna that victory is not far ahead as our Acharya will capture Yudhishtira sooner but Karna strongly refutes this & asked Duryodhana to send more troops to assist Drona as he may be getting tired by now. Karna also advised that as Bhima is coming up now to protect his brother, lets send our elephant division.

Now Duryodhana sends a large chunk of elephant division towards Bhima .

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Karna faced Durmuka & 5 kekaya brothers & the battle was high voltage but finally the 5 brothers were forced to withdraw.

Duryodhana , along with that elephant division fought with Bhima . And the fight was terrible to say the least as both shot arrows & other weapons in pursuit of killing each other with the old nurtured enmity in mind. But Bhima causes destruction amongst the elephant division.

IN MAHABARATH WAR, THERE WERE SO MANY GREAT WARRIORS WHO BEFORE GETTING KILLED, ACHIEVED SOME WONDERFUL FEATS & EARNED THE RESPECT & ADMIRATION OF BOTH THE SIDES .
& IF I MISS OUT ON ANY WARRIOR NOTEWORTHY, I WILL BE A SINNER.

HERE I WISH TO HIGHLIGHT ABOUT BAGADATHA.

HE RULED A KINGDOM CALLED PRAGJYOTISHA.

HE WAS A HIGHLY RESPECTED KING & EVEN INDRA WAS HIS FRIEND. HE WAS A SPECIALIST ON ELEPHANT BASED WARFARE & UNBEATABLE DURING HIS PRIME YEARS & EARNED LOT OF RESPECT AMONGST THE KSHATRIYAS. BY THE TIME, THE GREAT WAR BROKE OUT, BAGADATHA WAS ALREADY TOO OLD TO FIGHT BUT WAS DETERMINED TO DO HIS BEST TO THE KAURAVAS . INDEED HE ACHIEVED SOME WONDERFUL FEATS DURING THE FIRST 11 DAYS & WHEREVER HE WENT, HE CAUSED HUGE LOSSES TO THE PANDAVA ARMY WITH HIS ELEPHANT .

HOWEVER, AS AGE CAUGHT UP WITH HIS PERSONALITY, HE HAD TO TIE THOSE LOOSE SKINS OVER HIS EYES WITH A BIG CLOTH SO THAT THE VISION IS NOT AFFECTED !

Seeing the Kauravas elephant division panic, the old king Bagadhatha , with all the fury rushed towards Bhima with his mighty elephant called SUPRATIKA. Immediately, Bagadhatha takes control over the situation & in the process crushed Bhima’s chariot into pieces. A timely jump by Bhima saved his life as he was with chariotless now with only arms to support.

Now Bagadatha gives command to Supratika to thump Bhima with its foot .

The big elephant catches Bhima by its trunk & with a big swing was about to crush him . But swiftly Bhima manages to escape but gets trapped between its legs now. However, Bhima was well versed with the art of warfare & also dealing with animals & this science is called ANJALIKABEDHA. Getting under the elephant's body, he began to strike it frequently with his bare arms & hits its vital organs & causes immense pain . Like this , Bhima was pulling on with the hope that someone will come with a chariot & rescue him.
While Bhima was struck between the legs of the giant elephant, there was panic amongst the Pandavas now as everyone thought that Bhima had been killed by the elephant & there were loud shouts saying :

BHIMA HAS BEEN SLAINED BY THE ELEPHANT .

Hearing the loud noice, Yudhishtira quickly dispatched King of Dasarana with his elephant but that elephant was tiny when compared to the monsterous Supratika & in few seconds, the small elephant fell dead crused by the mighty Supratika’s thump.

At this moment, Bhima managed to come out of Supratika’s clutches as the elephant was focused on the other elephant .
Seeing Bhima alive, the Pandavas cheered loudly .

Now a large division was sent to attack Bagadatha

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Bagadata didn’t wait a moment for the Pandavas to advance. He himself stepped up a violent assault on them , mounted on his Supratika .

The elephant was throwing all the kings , Chariots & warriors that come in its front in such a force that all were thrown to a wide distance with a thud.

Bhima, by now recovered, tried to attack Bagadatha again but Bagadatta was so mighty aggressive that Bhima was forced to retreat.

Now Abimanyu & other sons of the Pandavas tried their best to stem the riot but in vain.

Now Bagadatha deeply penetrated into the Pandava foray & caused extensive losses to chariots, horses & elephants & the armymen .

All these were being watched with awe by Arjuna at a distance & as a huge dust like that of a cloud formed now from the direction of Bagadatha, Arjuna feared calamity & wondered about the prowess of Bagadatha :

Krishna, this Bagadatha with his elephant resembles Yamadharma to me & in elephant based warfare, he is as good as another Indra himself ! If we allow him further, he will definitely destroy our army to pieces. Lets rush towards him now.


As Arjuna tried to move towards Bagadatha, the Trigarthas started screaming loudly at him – FIGHT WITH US , DON’T GO ANYWHERE !

Arjuna hesitated for while but a quick survey of the destruction caused by Bagadatha made him firmly move towards his direction but not before showering multiple shafts on Susharma’s army which made them to withdraw few steps.

Arjuna uses this time frame to quickly move towards Bagadatha.
Bagadatha, on seeing Arjuna , impetuously rushed towards with fury & ordered his elephant to crush him. As the giant elephant pounced on Arjuna, Krishna smartly moved the chariot back & forth & ensured control.

Now both fired multiple shafts & javelin on each other & a few even hit Krishna & this made Arjuna more furious.

One such well aimed shaft of Bagadatha hit Arjuna’s crown.

For every shaft of Bagadatha, Arjuna was giving a befitting response. As the fight reached a very sensitive stage, Arjuna shot arrows on the elephant which made its senses lose control as its armour got broken .

Bagadatha sensing this, fired more & more shafts on both Arjuna & Krishna.

Arjuna’s anger was uncontrollable now. He shouted at Bagadatha now :

Take a last look at the world now. Your time is up .

Saying this, Arjuna fired arrows which hit the vital organs of Bagadatha & virtually made him blind.

NOW BAGADATHA TRIED HIS LAST OPTION – HE TOOK THE ELEPHANT’S ANKUSH , CHANTED DIVINE MANTRAS CALLED VAISHNAVA MANTRA & FIRED AT ARJUNA.
AND AS THE DIVINE WEAPON WAS COMING AT GREAT SPEED , KRISHNA SUDDENLY POSITIONED HIMSELF BETWEEN ARJUNA & THE WEAPON & ABSORBED IT !
AS IT FELL ON KRISHNA, THE WEAPON BECAME A GARLAND !

Arjuna’s ego was hurt a lot now with this incident & asked Krishna :

Why did you come in between ? When you have promised that you will not do any act during the war except being a charioteer to me , why did you intervene here ? I am competent to vanquish these worlds with the gods, the Asuras, and men.

Krishna replies now :

Arjuna , THIS DIVINE WEAPON IS ACTUALLY MINE . IT WOULD HAVE KILLED YOU INSTANTLY BECAUSE THE ANKUSHA WAS THROWN CHANTING THE VAISHANAVSTRA MANTRA . THAT’S WHY I CAME INBETWEEN TO ABSORB THE INTENSITY OF THE WEAPON & PROTECT YOU. Now focus back on Bagadatha.

Now Arjuna realizing the truth, back to focus, fired a shaft on the elephant like a thunder which penetrated deep into its body like a snake & became totally deprived of senses. Atlast, the mighty elephant fell dead .

Arjuna, for a moment feels bad about that great elephant which he was forced to kill as necessitated by the circumstances.

NOW WITH A STRAIGHT SHAFT, ARJUNA PIERECED THE CLOTHES WHICH WERE TIED TO PROTECT THE EXTRA FLESH FROM COVERING BAGADATHA’S EYES.

Bagadatha becomes totally blind now as the cloth cover was cut off above his head.

A powerful arrow of Arjuna deeply pierced his chest & now the great Bagadatha fell dead .

THUS ENDS THE LIFE OF ONE OF THE GREAT WARRIORS OF MAHABARATH TIMES, BAGADATHA .

Arjuna , heaved a sigh of relief now , went before the dead King Bagadatha & paid his respects & goes back to his chariot to resume fighting with other Kauravas.

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Having achieved a major victory now ( slaying Bagadatha ) , Arjuna refocuses on the Trigarthas.

Now Shakuni’s 2 brothers tried to halt Arjuna’s progress but both get banished to the heaven by Arjuna immediately which makes Shakuni furious.

Shakuni himself fights single handedly against Arjuna using all his illusionary powers. But Arjuna, the skilled warrior that he was, checked the guiles of Shakuni & after a lengthy battle , a tired Shakuni had to withdraw.

On the other side, Drushtadyumna , with renewed vigour resumed attack ( rather defense ) against Drona along with the Panchalas.
And Bhima came to his support . Seeing Bhima advancing, Duryodhana, Karna, Aswathama all forged ahead to attack Bhima with arrows.

Drona caused a great carnage amongst the Chedis, Panchalas & Pandavas.

A furious Drishtadyumna now proceeded speedily towards Drona’s chariot in an attempt to kill him on the spot but was forced to run back with the force of Drona’s arrows.

Now Arjuna comes back after vanquishing a majority of Trigarthas much to the relief of the other Pandavas.

Seeing Arjuna, Karna now moves forward to face Arjuna.

Now Karna shoots a powerful weapon AGNEYA ASTRA . Arjuna counters this with his arrowy downpours .

Karna also resisted Arjuna’s shafts with ease & uttered loud shouts.

Now Drishtadyumna & Bhima & Satyaki – all approach Karna.

However Karna, apart from checking Arjuna’s arrows, pierced all the other 3 warriors with 3 sharp shafts & breaks the bows of all three .

Furious by this skillful act of Karna, all the 3 hurl multiple weapons on Karna .

These were also blown to pieces by karma . Then Arjuna attacked Karna . This sort of attack - counter attack went on for hours & it was an interesting sight to see 2 great archers of proven class competing with each other to show their superiority.

Then Bhima, jumping down from his own car, kills the support armymen of Karna.

Now Satyaki tries to attack Karna but in vain & infact finds himself in big trouble against the guiles of Karna’s archery skills. Seeing the plight of Satyaki, Arjuna & others rush forward to rescue him
& the fight resumes once again between everyone in high voltage which went on continiously for a lengthy tenure.

All the attempts by Drona & company were successfully resisted by Arjuna & his team .

As finally the Sun moved towards the west end , both armies withdrew by blowing counches for the day & moved slowly towards their tents.

END OF DAY 12


TOMORROW IS THE DAY OF ABIMANYU
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