1. Jayadratha is the king of the Sindhu kingdom featured in the Mahabharata.
14 Facts About Jayadratha
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Jayadratha was married to Dushala, the only sister of the hundred Kaurava brothers.
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The word Jayadratha is derived from two Sanskrit words, jayat meaning 'victorious' and ratha meaning 'chariot'.
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On that day, Jayadratha saw Draupadi and sent his minister Kotikasya to inquire as to who she was.
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Infuriated, Jayadratha abducted Draupadi and started moving towards his kingdom.
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The Pandavas returned to their ashrama to find Draupadi missing and learned about the event that had unfolded by the account of Draupadi's friend Dhatreyika, who had witnessed Jayadratha forcefully carrying Draupadi away.
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Jayadratha asks for the ability to defeat all five Pandavas.
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Still, Jayadratha implores him for any help in avenging himself.
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Arjuna blames Jayadratha to be the cause for Abhimanyu's death and vows to kill him the very next day before sunset, vowing that if he fails he would immolate himself.
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At a climactic moment, with the sun nearly set and thousands of warriors still between Arjuna and Jayadratha, Krishna sends his Sudarshana Chakra in order to obscure the sun and create an illusion of sunset.
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Jayadratha is relieved that he was saved and comes out of the formation to mock Arjuna.
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Jayadratha's head is taken with the arrow far from the battlefield, finally landing on the lap of his father, Vridhakshatra.
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Jayadratha's father had been granted a boon that whosoever would be responsible for his son's severed head falling onto the ground would have his own head burst into a hundred pieces.
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Jayadratha sends an army to guard the horse, with Arjuna as the commander-in-chief.