Why did Dronacharya made chakravyuh?

On the 13th day of battle, Dronacharya formed the Chakravyuha strategy to capture Yudhishtira, knowing that only Arjuna and Krishna would know how to penetrate it. The Trigartas were distracting Arjuna and Krishna into another part of the battlefield, allowing the main Kuru army to surge through the Pandava ranks.

How did Arjun learn about chakravyuh?

The narration he heard from inside his mother’s womb: Thus, when Krishna’s half-sister Subhadra – pregnant with Abhimanyu in her womb – was listening to Arjuna’s narration of how to break into a Chakravyuh (circular maze) formation in a battle, she fell asleep at a very inopportune time.

What did drona teach the Kauravas and the Pandavas?

Stung by this, Dronacharya vowed to train students that would capture and kill this arrogant Kshatriya . He undertook to train the princes of the Puru dynasty (both the Kauravas and the five Pandava brothers) in the art of warfare at the behest of their family mentor Bhishma.

Why did Dronacharya not accept Ekalavya as his student?

Drona rejected Ekalavya, an aspirational student, because he didn’t have the right family background. He later did the same thing to Karna. When Drona finds out about his brilliance, Ekalavya tells him that he considers Drona as his guru. Drona has no qualms in accepting himself as the guru.

Why did Dronacharya did not teach Eklavya?

Drona refused to teach archery to Ekalavya because he made an vow that he would not teach other than kshatriya or a Brahmin. His vow binds him to refuse Eklavya.

How did Dronacharya help Arjuna defeat the samasaptakas?

Dronacharya out a plan into action on the battlefield such that Arjuna and his charioteer Lord Krishna were diverted to another faraway part of the battlefield, chasing the Samasaptakas. On the other hand, the Chakravyuh formation turned so lethal that it threatened to swallow the entire Pandava army. Something had to be done quickly.

Did Guru Dronacharya know how to breach the Chakravyuh that Krishna created?

It is said that Lord Krishna took Arjuna for a discussion immediately after and Arjuna never got to completing that narration in peacetime. So, effectively, only two people in the Universe knew how to breach the Chakravyuh that Guru Dronacharya was expert at creating.

Who is Dronacharya in the Mahabharata?

In the epic Mahabharata, Drona or Dronacharya is the royal guru to the Kauravas and the Pandavas. He was a master of advanced military arts, including the devastras.

What is the relationship between Dronacharya and Drupada?

Dronacharya and Drupada were disciples in the same Gurukul. Over a period of time, both of them became good friends. Drupada was the only heir to his royal family, and that way, a future king. Dronacharya, on the other hand, was the son of a saint named Bharadwaja, a poor Brahmin by birth.

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