"Yudhisthira Will Be Captured"
Part 2 / Chapter 14 / 83 chapters
"Yudhisthira Will Be Captured"
On the eleventh day and the newly active tear through the Pandava army. drives toward , killing Kumara, Simhasena, and Vyaghradatta, but returns in time to repel him. tells Duryodhana that must be drawn completely away, and with his brothers and allies takes a death-oath to challenge on the following day. accepts and fights the Samshaptakas and Narayana warriors far to the south. In the main battle tries to hold , but kills and another warrior named Satanika, routing the king's guard. then scatters the Pandava elephant force on his great mount, placing in grave danger. After devastating and routing the Samshaptakas with a Brahma weapon, turns back to . receives the king's Vaisnava missile on His own chest, where it becomes a garland, and explains its divine origin despite 's protest that He promised not to fight. observes the rules of combat when is momentarily unprotected, then kills the king and his elephant before defeating 's illusions. again fails to capture and explicitly promises to kill one great hero before turning to the impenetrable chakravyuha.
This guide follows Krishna Dharma's retelling as the source of truth. This panel notes broad edition-level framing or compression that helps a reader orient themselves.
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and ravage the eleventh day
leads the Kaurava army into its eleventh day while fights for the first time. Their combined assault cuts deep into the Pandava ranks.
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drives toward
kills the princes Kumara, Simhasena, and Vyaghradatta as he closes on . The Pandava king's defenders begin to break before the commander's attack.
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saves
reaches the threatened center and covers 's force with arrows. Unable to approach through him, withdraws as darkness ends the day.
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The Samshaptakas swear a death-oath
repeats that capture is impossible while remains nearby. , his brothers, the Trigartas, and allied warriors consecrate themselves by fire to conquer or die fighting him the next day.
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accepts the southern challenge
On the twelfth day accepts 's challenge as warrior duty requires. He kills Sudhaman and is drawn far south against the Samshaptakas and the Narayana force.
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checks
With absent, attacks again. meets the commander and briefly holds him while the Pandava guards close around their king.
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kills
breaks through the defenders and kills and another warrior named Satanika, distinct from Virata's brother who fell to Bhisma, sending 's guard fleeing.
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scatters the Pandava elephants
and Duryodhana clash until charges on his nearly invincible elephant. The animal smashes chariots and elephants, throws the Pandava force into confusion, and places in grave danger.
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breaks the Samshaptaka mass
A massed attack strikes unconscious for a moment, but He quickly recovers. invokes a Brahma weapon, devastates and routs the surrounding force, and turns back when he hears ravaging the main army.
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receives the Vaisnava weapon
releases the infallible Vaisnava missile at . places Himself before it, and the weapon becomes a flower garland on His chest. protests that promised not to fight; explains the weapon's origin and why only He could receive it safely.
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kills
creates an opening to kill the momentarily unprotected , but abstains under the rules of combat. He then hurls an Indra-empowered golden lance into Supratika's head, paralyzing and felling the elephant, and shoots a crescent-headed arrow through 's breast and heart as the king leaps down.
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's illusions fail
After killing two of 's brothers, counters 's phantom weapons, beasts, demons, darkness, and waves. abandons the illusion fight and flees.
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turns to the chakravyuha
At midday orders a retreat to regroup, and Duryodhana accuses him of letting escape. promises to kill one great hero, orders the remaining Samshaptakas to draw away once more, and prepares the chakravyuha for the next attempt.