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Arjuna, the Military General

When the eldest Pandava, viz. Yudhisthira became king, Arjuna, and his brothers Bhima, Nakulaand Sahadeva became military chiefs. As a military general, Arjuna led two crucial military campaigns for Yudhisthira. The first one was for the Rajasuya Yajna and another was for the Ashwamedha Yajna.

During the military campaigns that preceded the Rajasuya Yajna (project / sacrifice) of kingYudhisthira, Arjuna was sent to the northern regions where as his brothers were sent to other directions. The mighty mace-fighter Bhima was sent to the east well known for elephant warfare and mace-fight. Nakula and Sahadeva who were skilled in sword fight were sent to the west and to the south. Southerners and Westerners were well versed in sword fight. Arjuna was sent to the north since the foremost of archers were found in the north. He fought with the tribes of Yakshasand Kimpurushas in Tibet. He also traversed through a route that lead him to Simhapura, a city of the Kambojas and to the silk route which passed through modern day Leh (then known as Loha). He also reached the Uttarakuru territory, which is speculated as the same as or close to the territory of the Devas with Indra as their king. This territory was also known as Harivarsha.

During the Aswamedha military campaign, Arjuna went to western and eastern regions. In the west he defeated the kingdoms like Sindhu (Sindh) ruled by Jayadratha's son and Gandhara(north-western Pakistan) ruled by Sakuni's descendants.(take that Mamujaan😆) In the east he reached Anga and Vanga(Bengal) as well as the kingdom of his own son Vabhruvahana situated in southern-Kalinga(southern-Orissa and northern-Andhara_Pradesh).

Arjuna in Kurukshetra war

In Kurukshetra war, Arjuna's foremost opponent was Karna. He had defeated Karna in previous battles. One was during the 12 year forest life of the Pandavas when Duryodhana came to insult them ( Defeated as in Duryodhana was captured by the Gandharvas, and Arjuna saved him while Karna had fled). Another was when they were living incognito at the city of Matsya king Virata when theKaurvas and the Trigartas attacked the Matsyas to steal their cattle. In the first case, it was a minor skirmish. In the second case it was a surprise attack. In both cases Karna was not well prepared to fight with Arjuna. During Kurukshetra war, the situation was different. Karna had sharpened his skills and Arjuna was unable to defeat him after several encounters. In a final encounter, Arjuna killed Karna while he was trying to lift the wheel of his chariot that got stuck in mud. But there is some mystery in this narration in Mahabharata as Karna's chariot driver Shalya is no where in the scene as this happened. A few verses also indicate that Karna was mortally wounded by Arjuna by straight arrows before this incident happened. It is possible that the story of Arjuna killing Karna while he was not fighting is invented by the bards who favored Karna. It is also possible that this was a plot in which Shalya trapped Karna's chariot into mud, in frond of Arjuna and then fled. This is possible since Shalya was originally a supporter of the Pandavas and was forced by Duryodhana to become his ally and finally to serve as the charioteer of Karna.

The fraternity of the warriors of Trigarta (Jalandhar, Punjab), known as Samsaptakas, who pledged to either kill Arjuna or die in battle, were another force that gave stiff resistance to Arjuna in Kurukshetra war.

He managed to kill all of them with his skill in archery. The enmity of the Trigartas started since the Rajasuya military campaign in which Arjuna defeated all of them in their own territory. It increased after their shameful defeat during their battle with the Matsyas in which the Pandavas helped the Matsyas (north-eastern Rajastan).

Arjuna defeated (not killed) several heroes on the Kaurava side during the battle including Duryodhana, Kripa,Ashwathama and Drona. He was instrumental in the killing of Bhishma, Drona and Bhurisrava. Arjuna also slew Jayadratha, his brother-in-law (husband of Kaurva princess Duhsala whom Arjuna considered as his sister) out of passion and rage, since Jayadratha was instrumental in the killing of Arjuna's beloved son Abhimanyu.

Originally posted by: medha00

Seriously though, they are totally Ruinig Dhritrashtras character.Putting them in jail? Really?

Anyways, that is awesome news Rush.

Arjuna and Krishna work on the Barren lands of Khandava Prastha, to make it fertile and all that. Also, after Khandava Dahan, they take help from Mayasura to form a beautiful Palace/Court for the Family.

They turned the Barren lands in such a beautiful and breathtaking City that Kauravas got extremely jealous.

Originally posted by: Rushika

Medha- Arjun killed his own son Babruvahana? 😲 y??? N remember I asked u was there any encounter of Lord Pashuram n Arjun...so u said no n here its mentioned he met him...n Arjun performerd Krishna's rites 😭 he must b broken 😭 y not Krishna's son or Balram did it? :(

Answer all :p

thnx suku for posting his tweet :) May god fulfill all his wishes :))