Friday 1 November 2024

Did Krishna really hide the Sun with his Sudarshan chakra during Jayadratha Vadh as shown in B. R. Chopra's Mahabharat?

Did Krishna really hide the Sun with his Sudarshan chakra during Jayadratha Vadh as shown in B. R. Chopra's Mahabharat? Krishna did not hide Sun as per Bori Critical Edition. Unabridged Editions got this hiding of the Sun. I prefer Bori not because I admire Arjun but for valid reasons. By the time Arjuna reached Jayadratha,Still there was enough time left( for a warrior like Arjun) to fulfill his vow. Jayadratha was right before him and even fighting with him along with his protection force,Kripa,Karna,Aswathama,Vrishasena,Salya etc. Then Arjuna, baffling the keen arrows sped by the ruler of the Sindhus, cut off at the same time, with a pair of shafts, the head of Jayadratha's driver and the well-decked standard also of Jayadratha. Its stay cut off and itself pierced and struck with arrows, that standard fell down like a flame of fire. Cxlv This was when according to Unabridged Editions Krishna offered to hide the Sun,but Bori did not say that. As per Bori Krishna at this point asked Arjuna to cut the head of Jayadratha,alerting him about Vriddhakshatra’s boon. etasminneva kAle tu drutaM gachChati bhAskare | abravItpANDavaM tatra tvaramANo janArdanaH || 15|| dhana~njaya shirashChindhi saindhavasya durAtmanaH | astaM mahIdharashreShThaM yiyAsati divAkaraH || 16|| 121 Arjuna proceeds to kill Jayadrath ,keep the head in space and place it on Vriddhakshatra’s lap. Hence there was no necessity of hiding the Sun,since Arjuna already was before Jayadratha and restrained his protection wing by repeatedly thrashing them severely. So hiding of Sun existed in Unabridged Editions but not there in Bori. My answer is based on authentic Vyasa Bharat Sanskrit version Drona Parva ch 121 Kisari mohan Ganguli English Translation Drona Parva CXLV 22.5K views View 115 upvotes View 1 share

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