Abhimanyu : son of Arjūna & Subhadrā, hence also called Arjūni.
... powers. Beware! Have you finished your questions ? I've elsewhere to go, so many are calling me. [N:] I have another question. Now I accept poor Draupadi's humiliation, but what about Abhimanyu, that poor boy? Why was he sacrificed at the altar? Was this not a terrible sacrifice? [SA:] Yes, and it is for the same reason. It was necessary to awake fully the wrath of the slothful... slothful, sentimental Pandavas. Even the revelation of my 'Vishwarupa' 136 could not utterly convince Arjuna to take up arms and fight against the Kauravas. He was still hesitating. But when Abhimanyu died at the hands of so many 'heroes' in an unfair manner, that did the trick. You have read Homer, I suppose. You know the story of Achilles. He was sulking in his tent because of a ... woman! But when he heard that his great friend Patroclus had been killed by Hector, then all his wrath flared up and he went out in a mad fury to fight. So his friend had to be sacrificed. Here too Abhimanyu had to be sacrificed in order that the others might join in the fight; and you saw Bhima's gada break Duryodhan's proud thighs and Bhima's hands tear open the chest. I shuddered ...
... wailing beside them. Parvati told her, "Perform this ritual and then sprinkle some consecrated water on your brothers; they will come back to life." I told the story of Uttara’s potent rakhi on Abhimanyu. Krishna knew that death dared not come to A as long as the rakhi was on his wrist, but not unless he died would his father, Arjun, put his whole heart in the war. So Krishna took the form of a... When A blew on his conch calling for help, Krishna too blew on his own to muffle A’s call, thus preventing Arjun and others coming to his aid. "But the most important reason why Krishna needed Abhimanyu dead," Amma said, "was that that was the only way to justify the way the Pandavas killed Drona and Karna. Avatars are above sin and virtue, all their actions are meant only to ensure our evolution ...
... are different from their very birth, as were Arjuna and Abhimanyu. You surely know Abhimanyu's story?" The children looked at one another, some said yes, many said no. "Have you not read the Mahabharata?" Some children excitedly shouted, "We watched it on the TV." "You must have seen how in the battle of Kurukshetra the boy Abhimanyu found himself surrounded by enemy kings and fought sin ...
... few reeled, a few fell flat on the ground. Most ran helter-skelter for life. Yet quite a band surrounded him and he fought his hardest. Through the enemy array on the eastern front an Abhimanyu forged ahead... To me Bagha Jatin is a legend. But to-night I have watched, to my surprise, action that is bright with bravery. 8 The Police arrived at last after midnight, and a little ...
... than the Iliad and Odyssey taken together. Vyasa is said to have taught the poem to one of his pupils, Vaishampayana. Vaishampayana, in his turn, recited the epic to Janamejaya, grand-son of Abhimanyu. It would be hazardous to assign a date to Vyasa's birth or to the. _______________________ Dayananda Saraswati, Satyarthaprakash. Page 65 composing of the Mahabharata ...
... Canto I. 1) कुरुप्रवीराः.. स्वपक्षाः. This may mean in Vyasa's elliptic manner the great Kurus (i.e. the Pandavas) & those of their side. Otherwise "The Kuru heroes of his own side" i.e. Abhimanyu's which is awkward 3) वृद्धौ this supplies the reason of their preeminence 5) प्रदुम्नसाम्बौ च युधि प्रवीरौ. This establishes Pradyumna & Samba as historical sons of Krishna विराटपुत्रैस्च ...
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