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==Jaydrath / [[:hi:जयद्रथ|जयद्रथ]]==
 
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Jaydrath was a king of Sindhu, son of [[Vriddhkshatra]]. He was married to [[Duhshala]], the only daughter of [[Dhritrashtra]] and [[Gandhari]]. Jaydrath's father had pronounced the curse, that the head of the person, who would cause the head of his son to fall on the earth, would burst into tiny pieces. His father, then retired to the forest, installing Jaydrath on the throne. Once when Jaydrath was on his way to [[Shalva]], he passed the [[Kamyak]] forest, where he saw [[Draupadi]] and fell in love with her. Jaydrath sent a messenger to Draupadi. The messenger praised Jaydrath, talked of his riches and asked Draupadi to leave the poor [[Pandav|Pandavs]] and become the wife of Jaydrath. When she rejected his request, Jaydrath grew furious and forcefully carried away Draupadi. The Pandavs had just returned from hunting, and when they came to know about the events, [[Bhim]], [[Arjun]], [[Nakula]] and [[Sahdeva]] immediately set out after Jaydrath, caught up with him, defeated him and brought him before [[Yudhisthira]].
 
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Jaydrath was then released by Yudhishthir and Draupadi, but not before Bhim had shaved his head. Feeling humiliated at this defeat, Jaydrath performed penance to please [[Shiv]] and obtained from him the boon that he would be able to vanquish all the Pandavs, except Arjun, once on the battle-field. In the battle of [[Mahabharat]], Jaydrath took the side of the [[Kaurav|Kauravs]].
 
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When [[Abhimanyu]] entered the Chakravyuh, it was he who blocked the entry of Yudhishthir, Bhim, Nakul and Sahdev, making use of Shiv's boon, and thus cutting off any help for Abhimanyu. On learning of Abhimanyu's death, Arjun vowed to kill Jaydrath the next day before nightfall, or to kill himself if he did not accomplish the task.
 
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Jaydrath, immediately wanted to return to his kingdom, but the Kauravs, [[Karn]] and [[Shakuni]] told him that he had nothing to worry about as the whole Kaurav army would protect him on the battle-field. The following day, Arjun fought his way skilfully, through the battle-array, while [[Krishna]] guided his chariot through the army of the Kauravs, till he reached Jaydrath. A terrible battle took place, and just before nightfall, Krishna with his magic powers hid the sun. Seeing the sun disappear, everybody thought that it was dark, and rejoiced that Jaydrath had not been killed. In the rejoicement, the battle-array broke up and Jaydrath came forward. Suddenly, the cloud disappeared and everybody was caught off guard. Arjun immediately proceeded towards Jaydrath, and, on the advice of Krishna, Arjun severed Jaydrath's head in such a way that his head fell on his father's lap who was meditating. When the old man stood up, the severed head fell from his lap and the old man's head burst into a thousand pieces.
 
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