What was Nagastra?

It was a naga hiding in the weapon of karna and Arjuna couldn’t counter it because it had no counter ,every weapon has a specific counter except some chosen ones like bhargavastra , brahmastra ,brahmadhanda, vaishnavastra that could counter any weapons and attack simultaneously ,also it is mentioned that karna had …

What happened to Arjuna chariot in Mahabharata?

The chariot of Arjuna did not explode. It got reduced to ashes as soon as Sri Krishna steeped out of the chariot. As soon as Hanuman left the chariot, Sri Krishna untied the horses, then asked Arjuna to step out of the chariot so that nobody is injured.

What Indian epic told the story of Arjuna and his charioteer Krishna?

The final battle of the Mahabharata epic emerges in this large painting. The protagonists, painted in huge scale, confront one another across a gory battlefield. On the left the Pandava hero Arjuna sits behind Krishna, his charioteer.

What did Krishna do in the Battle of Mahabharata?

Sadhguru: What Krishna did in the battlefield was not just deceit – it was absolute treachery. There were intricate strategic formations in which the warriors fought. One such formation, called chakravyuha, was almost impossible to penetrate, unless you knew its intricacies.

Why did Arjuna stop fighting when the sun sets?

It was a rule of the war that when the sun sets, they must stop fighting. In the evening, when Arjuna came back to his camp, he saw his people mourning and realized that Abhimanyu had been killed in such a way. In straight battle, only very few men could have defeated Abhimanyu.

Why did Arjuna and Satyaki form a huge protective formation for jayadrada?

The next day, they formed a huge protective formation forJayadrada so that he would not get killed. But from the first moment of the battle, Arjuna started penetrating through the opposing army towards Jayadrada, because if he did not kill Jayadrada, he would have to kill himself. At the same time, Satyaki and Burishwara got into a fight.

Is the Mahabharata a true story?

Updated September 07, 2018. The Mahabharata is an ancient Sanskrit epic poem that tells the story of the kingdom of Kurus. It’s based on a real war that took place in the 13th or 14th century B.C. between the Kuru and Panchala tribes of the Indian subcontinent.

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