Oh, it was unjust all right - first of all, Jayadrath cut off all his allies so that Abhimanyu was trapped alone in that vyuha. And then, the way he was disarmed was completely against the rules. Had Shrutakarna not killed him while he was unconscious, they may well have killed him the way it is shown.
Had the Pandavas and the rest of the forces accompanied Abhimanyu, he'd have been safe - warriors like Satyaki & Bhima would have seen to it. Both of them saved Dhrishtadyumna from Drona and Ashwatthama umpteen number of times, so here too, they'd have prevented Abhimanyu from getting disarmed, much less killed.
I'm not aware on whether SB describes his killing - in fact, there is a great deal that SB misses about Krishna's Mahabharata activities. As an example, the only place Satyaki is mentioned, IIRC, is the Yadava fratricide. The Mahabharata describes in detail the relationship b/w Satyaki's grandfather Sini and Somadatta and how the former defeated the latter and prevented him from marrying Devaki. But there is nothing in SB about it.
Originally posted by: JanakiRaghunath
Thanks Vrish!
My question: What was the first vyuha in which Dronacharya arranged the army when he became commander-in-chief?
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