Letter to the finance minister
Honb’le Minister, In the Dvapara Yuga, an epic war was fought between the forces of righteousness (Pandava) and unscrupulousness (Kaurava) , popularly known as the War of Mahabharata. In the 18 days long war, many important battles were fought. In one such battle on the 13 th day of the war, brave Pandav Prince Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna, was killed by the top Kaurav generals. Jayadratha, the king of Sindhu State, and son-in-law of Kaurav king Dthrutrashtra, played the most critical role in this battle. Jayadratha had a boon from Lord Shiva that for one day in a great war he will be able to check the advance of the entire opponent army, except Arjuna. In this particular battle in Mahabharata war, he used that boon to stop the entire Pandava army from helping Abhimanyu, who was ambushed by senior Kaurava generals and killed. Arjuna was tactfully distracted from the main battlefield. The next day, Arjuna avenged the death of his son, by beheading Jayadratha. The point in narrating t...