It also means a person who always defends his honor. The child was named Abhimanyu, meaning ‘one who remains in the midst of wisdom’, a very intelligent person. They performed ‘Arati’ to Subhadra before she stepped into the palace.Ī few days later Subhadra gave birth to a baby boy. Their parents and relatives welcomed them warmly. He blessed her saying, “May your son be brave and famous.” Krishna and Subhadra reached Dwarka. He felt happy that his sister Subhadra, the wife of the brave Arjuna, wanted her son also to be a hero. Krishna protected the Yadavas with the help of his brother Balarama. They were a constant source of trouble to the Yadavas. Kings like Jarasandha and Shishupala were great heroes but were very wicked. When he was just a boy, Krishna had slain king Kamsa who used to torment his subjects. Krishna felt very happy on hearing his sister’s words. Brother, help my son also to become brave like him. I am fortunate to be the wife of such a hero. “I am very happy to hear all this, brother,” said Subhadra. He narrated the stories of Arjuna’s prowess. Various formations like the Makaravyooha and the Chakravyooha, the use of different types of missiles and weapons, and the ways of crushing the enemy and advancing all these he described. He described the several skills and secrets of the war.
He described in detail the art of warfare, which Arjuna had learned, from his Guru Dronacharya. Her son will have to fight for the Right later. I am told his whole life was spent in training for fighting and war.” Listening to his sister, Krishna felt that he should fulfill any wish of her, as Subhadra was pregnant. “Brother, would it be wrong if I fought to help my husband?” asked Subhadra. “Are you also going to fight in a battle?” – Krishna laughed. But if you could tell me about the fighting skill of my husband….” So he asked her,” Shall I tell you a story?” He did not want his sister to be bored with the journey. Subhadra first asked him about Dwarka, the people there and her sister-in-law. He was careful not to tire his sister, who was with child. They traveled from Indraprastha to Dwarka in a chariot drawn by horses. Subhadra bowed to all the elders seeking their blessings and started with her brother. A few months before he was born, Krishna came to Indraprastha to take his sister to his city of Dwarka. People were happy in the reign of Yudhishthira.Ībhimanyu was the only son of Subhadra.
The younger brothers helped him in his work as the king and in the defense of the country. Yudhishthira was the eldest, and the four younger brothers always obeyed him. The first son was Yudhishthira, the next Bheema the third one was Arjuna, the fourth son was Nakula and the youngest was Sahadeva.
It was the capital of the Pandavas who were good and just. Abhimanyu was the son of Arjuna and Subhadra.Īrjuna lived in the city of Indraprastha. She had married one of the Pandavas, the world-famous hero Arjuna. Subhadra Pregnant in MahabharatĪbhimanyu was Shri Krishna’s nephew, his younger sister’s son. That human thunderbolt was the heroic Abhimanyu. Mighty heroes among the Kauravas, who were deemed unequaled, had to flee, To defeat and kill that young boy, all of them had to join together and encircle him. Such was his prowess that the entire army of the Kauravas trembled. Who – among mighty men like Bheeshma, Drona, Bheema, Arjuna, Karna, Ashwatthama, Duryodhana and Dusshasana – was this great hero who won such praise? But when they saw a great warrior attacked by several foes and saw him killed, they praised him and wept for his death, says Kumaravyasa. These gods had already witnessed the amazing valor of the mighty heroes. It seems the gods themselves crowded in the sky to witness the valor of these heroes. What brave men fought in the Mahabharata war! Bheema, Arjuna, Duryodhana, Dusshassana, Bheeshma, Drona, Karna, Kripa, Ashwatthama, Shalya… It is a long, long list. You have heard the story of Mahabharata, haven’t you? Maharshi Vedavysa first narrated this story of the Pandavas and the Kauravas. “It is as though a herd of elephants humbled a lion’s cub as if several snakes together killed the young one of a Garuda’ (Golden eagle) – so wailed the gods in Heaven.” This is a description by the famous Kannada poet Kumaravyasa in his long poetical narration of the Mahabharata.
The matchless youth who won immortality by his shining heroism in the mighty enemies, ranks, this warrior, barely sixteen, became the sheet anchor of Pandavas.