Who killed Abhimanyu?

Abhimanyu, son of Arjuna was killed on the 13th day of Kurukshetra war as he did not know his way out from the chakravyuh.
But the question here is that who actually killed him -

Mridula dear Jaydrath had drove arjuna towards a different direction when chakravyu was formed n among pandavas only arjun knew the process completely n next was abhimanyu who could get inside pandavas tried to get beside abhimanyu but it was vain abhimanyu died and as jaydrath had dove arjun away he accused that he is the main culprit if arjuna was present the could have abhinayu 😊

Originally posted by: GOLD.A

Mridula dear Jaydrath had drove arjuna towards a different direction when chakravyu was formed n among pandavas only arjun knew the process completely n next was abhimanyu who could get inside pandavas tried to get beside abhimanyu but it was vain abhimanyu died and as jaydrath had dove arjun away he accused that he is the main culprit if arjuna was present the could have abhinayu 😊

Thanks for the reply. But I still fail to understand why Jayadrath, who just kept the pandavas away from the chakravyuh became more important to Arjun than the rest of the warriors who were involved in the actual killing.

Originally posted by: mridula.shome

Thanks for the reply. But I still fail to understand why Jayadrath, who just kept the pandavas away from the chakravyuh became more important to Arjun than the rest of the warriors who were involved in the actual killing.

This question actually belongs in this thread

Originally posted by: GOLD.A

Mridula dear Jaydrath had drove arjuna towards a different direction when chakravyu was formed n among pandavas only arjun knew the process completely n next was abhimanyu who could get inside pandavas tried to get beside abhimanyu but it was vain abhimanyu died and as jaydrath had dove arjun away he accused that he is the main culprit if arjuna was present the could have abhinayu 😊

yes its true that jayadrath had stopped the pandava forces from entering into the chakravyuh because of the boon granted. arjuna wowed to slay him because if nt for jayadrath abhimanyu would have been alive or he could have been saved.

if jayadrath had not used his boon on the first hand then killing of abhimanyu would not have been possible hence arjuna took revenge on him

Ya I know that but I heard that Arjuna was distracted by him althou he had a boon that except Arjuna he wil not be defeated by any pandava once granted by lord shiva well thanks for the clearance 😊

Thanks, Vrish(if ur username is ur name) for the explanation. And sorry, I hadn't noticed the thread earlier coz it isnt sticky.
Even I have read about the Shamshaptakas distracting Arjun away from the chakravyuh.
And my source about Dushasan's son is 'wiki babaji'😆 So I am not very sure about the name.
This part of the battle is the most tragic and heart-wrenching even though the entire battle consists of many unethical actions from both sides.
Good that I have someone to support me on the fact that Jayadrath was not the only person who should have been the revengeful target of this incident. I havn't even read about anyone confronting Drona and his companions for such an unethical deed.

EVen I felt Arjuna took vow on wrong person here. Actually it should be Drona. He was the senapati of Kauravas then post Bheeshma. Once Abhimanyu defeated everone on a 1:1 battle which included Drona and Karna as well ... Drona gives an order to attack him all together which was breaking law of war. And post that what happened we all know.