Abhimanyu’s Family Tree

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Family

• Arjuna(parent),Subhadra(parent)— Marriage

  Arjuna married Subhadra, Krishna's sister, after eloping with her from Dvaraka. Their son Abhimanyu was slain in the Chakravyuha at Kurukshetra.

• Uttara(spouse),Parikshit(child)— Marriage

  Abhimanyu married Uttara, princess of Matsya, cementing the alliance between the Pandavas and King Virata. Their son Parikshit, born after Abhimanyu's death at Kurukshetra, was the last king of the Kuru dynasty and the listener of the Bhagavata Purana.

Slain by

• Drona,Karna

  Drona deployed the Chakravyuha knowing only Abhimanyu among the Pandava side could breach it but not escape. Once inside, Abhimanyu was surrounded and slain through combined assault by Drona, Karna, Kripa, Ashvatthama, and others who violated the rules of single combat to overwhelm the sixteen-year-old warrior.

Associated with

• Jayadratha

  On the thirteenth day of Kurukshetra, Jayadratha used Shiva's boon to stand at the mouth of Drona's Chakravyuha and hold back four Pandavas while young Abhimanyu fought alone inside. Trapped without reinforcement, Abhimanyu was overwhelmed and slain by the combined might of the Kaurava warriors.