Abhimanyu's Death necessary? - Page 2

Death of Abhimanyu was necessary because of two reasons,

Abhimanyu died because it was his destiny . it was meant to be , of course Krishna being God could have saved him but would that have been fair to other warriors of both sides who died fulfilling their duties ? I guess not
There are many back stories with different reason of Abhi's short life span , the most widely accepted on is that he was the son of Soma the moon god and his name was Varjas , Being his son Varjas was dearer to Soma then his own life , when Krishna went to him to ask his son , Soma agreed to give him but only for Sixteen years , Only krishna knew that and so he never let Abhimanyu learn how to come out of chakraviuh .
Abhimanyu's death was suerly a turning point of Mahabharat , Kauravs broke every rule of the war to kill him , it was more like a murder then a fight between warriors , it served as a wake up call for Arjun that he is fighting against Adharmis and not his family . So an enraged Arjuna wreck the havoc and killed eight akshohinis out of eleven on the next day. Bheem killed Twenty five brothers of Duryodhan .

Yes was required , sadly else arjuna would nt have killed karna , samegoes for drona

Originally posted by: anu rulz

i liked the analysis made by Vrish..Arjun, till abhi's death looked at the war as a competition, not as a war per se..his respect and love for his guru and pitamah could not be swayed no matter how hard Krishna or even arjun tried..Abhi's death brought abt the killer instinct in him, where his vanity/ego/respect all became pale before his son's cruel death..

one thing I don't understand is why this question arises? it was a war! ofcourse people will b killed. if we are talking abt saving why only abhimanyu why not other people should also b saved? though abhimanyu is my fav character after krishna and his death pains me alot but in a war people do die, irrespective of whether they are good or bad or innocent or young!

There are a number of warriors I'd have liked to see saved. From the Pandava side, not just Abhimanyu, but also Sveta, Uttar, Sankha, Satyaki's sons, Dhrishtadyumna's sons, Draupadi's sons, Iravana and Ghato baby.

New, here.

It is important to remember that although God has the power to stop someone's death, he does not do it because a person's karma must play out. Intervening in the natural cycle of karma would disturb the whole universe, and Lord Krishna did not incarnate on Earth to disrupt karma. It was the Kauravas' karma that they had to kill Abhimanyu in such an unethical manner, because that gave the Pandavas an opportunity to kill them in an unethical manner as well. God gives human beings a chance not to commit sins, but he does not prevent them from committing sins because there is always an amount of free will that every human being has, and God does not intervene in it. If human beings use that free will to commit sins like the Kauravas did, then their bad karma eventually drowns them in pain and sorrow as well.

Originally posted by: srishtisingh

one thing I don't understand is why this question arises? it was a war! ofcourse people will b killed. if we are talking abt saving why only abhimanyu why not other people should also b saved? though abhimanyu is my fav character after krishna and his death pains me alot but in a war people do die, irrespective of whether they are good or bad or innocent or young!