| KURUKSHETRA DAY - 14 Knowing the death of his son Abhimanyu, Arjun vowed to kill Jayadrath on the morrow before the battle ended at sunset, otherwise he would throw himself into the fire. During searching Jayadrath in the crowd, Arjun slew a whole akshouhini, or hundreds of thousands (1,09,350) of Kaurav soldiers. However, the Kaurav army had protected Jayadrath very tight hence Arjun could not attack him. Finally in late afternoon Arjun found Jayadrath, but was guarded by Karna and five other great warriors. Seeing his friend's plight, in this critical moment Lord Krishna, his charioteer, raised his Sudarshan Chakra to cover the Sun, faking a sunset, thus all took off their arms believing the day had ended and Jayadrath was exposed. As the sun shone last ray Arjun shot a powerful arrow decapitating Jayadrath.
However the battle continued past sunset. When the bright moon rose, Ghatotkach, son of Bhim slaughtered numerous warriors, attacked while flying in the air. Karna went against him and both fought fiercely until Karna released the Indrastra, a celestial dart gifted to him by Indra. Ghatotkach incresed his size and fell on the Kaurav army killing thousands of soldiers and died.
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