Kalki the Saviour

Kauravas devised a plan to capture Yudhishthira by forming Chakravyuha while Arjuna and Krishna were purposefully drawn into a separate battle with the Samsaptakas. Abhimanyu knew how to break the formation and go inside the chakravyuha but did not know how to break out of it. He voluntarily entered the Chakravyuha in order to save Yudhishthira.

Helpless and not knowing how to control the ‘moving death’ – Abhimanyu, Karna went to Dronacharya for advice. Drona deciphered Abhimanyu as an incarnation of the God of war, Rudra. He explained that Abhimanyu would slay them all by the time they plan to kill him. Thus, the illicit strategy to kill Abhimanyu was chalked. Duryodhana, Karna, Drona, Kripacharya, Aswatthama and others circumambulated & attacked Abhimanyu.

Abhimanyu was undaunted by the combined attack. Karna followed Dronacharya’s advice and shattered Abhimanyu’s bow by firing arrows from behind him after getting continually frustrated in attempts to pierce Abhimanyu’s armour. Countless failures made them furious and hence targeted Abhimanyu’s chariot and charioteer instead of Abhimanyu. However, it did not shatter the lion-heart to pieces, to their perplexity. But instead, he grasped a sword and shielded himself with the wheel of the broken chariot. He fought valiantly with the help of the sword and the broken wheel. Still breaking the rules of war, Drona broke Abhimanyu’s sword with his arrow followed by breaking the chariot wheel which he used to shield himself. It was in this vulnerable position. The Kauravas finally managed to ambush Abhimanyu to death. He fell on the ground in unison with the Sun falling behind the horizon. That was the start of the day where all the so called rules of the war were broken on a large scale.

After the tragic death of Abhimanyu in Kurukshetra war and somewhere in distant universe Abhimanyu asks Krishna, “I was grown up under your guidance. You are the one who taught me the art of warfare. I always fought as per dharma, and even in this war, stood for the sake of dharma. Why is it that after all I have done, got this merciless death in return?”

Krishna seems calm. He smiles and says, “I understand it’s you, who fought alone valiantly for Pandavas and I also know that it is not a kind of death you deserve. It all depends on your previous karma and deeds which reflect in your present birth. In our next birth, it will be you, who will be helping me to realize who I am and fight against the evil forces to restore the dharma again”.

Abhimanyu goes in silence for some time. He looks deep in thoughts but then asks, “How will that happen? You are an incarnation of God yourself, and why do you need help from someone for your avatar?”.

Krishna smile again, “Even though I am a God, I will have to abide by the rules of the earth once I take an avatar. I will be born as a normal human and fight like a human. So, you will be one of the people who will always stay along with me in my thick and thin. You will be the one who’ll guide me towards the path of my destination”.

Abhimanyu seem confused, “Who all will help you in your next avatar and how the next yuga will be?

Before kali yuga, my Dwaraka city will get submerged into the water. I have already planned my next avatar. I have prepared a scroll in which the secrets of my avatar are already written. People will think that I will be born in Shambala, but it is not true. My transformation into Kalki avatar happens there actually. In that secret scroll will be written the secret communication between me and the "Saptha Chiranjeevis". In my every avatar I am selecting a Chiranjeevi who will assist me in kali yuga to fight against Demon Kali.

The box of secret scroll is designed in such a way that all my avatars are already inscribed on it. Once I touch the box in my next avatar, a secret sign of my next avatar is also inscribed on it, and it will get activated. It is also designed by Vishwakarma in such a way that only when my reflection appears on the box will that box opens otherwise the box gets destroyed on its own, and the secret scroll in it will be lost forever. Even though my city is submerged underwater, my palace will be intact, and even my chamber will be safe. Once entering the chamber, there will be the idol of the ultimate god whom I will be praying and near that idol will be the box and mudra of mine with my flute inscribed on it.

Astonished by listening to all these secrets at once, Abhimanyu's heart is filled with both surprise and a feel of pride for being participating in a great war along with Vishnu himself, “I will be eagerly waiting for your next avatar so that I can be along with you and fight against evil forces”.

Lord Krishna took five Pandavas to another side of the camp instead of resting in their camp. In the late-night, the three commanders as per Duryodhana's wish attacked the camps of Pandava's. Kripacharaya and Kritavarma waited at the gates killing everyone who came out from camps, while Aswatthama went inside assaulting each and every single sleeping person in the camps. As Ashwatthama was searching for Pandavas, he saw Drishtadhyumna, who was born on a purpose to kill Dronacharya and got enraged. He attacked still half slept Drishtadhyumna mercilessly and killed him instantly. Later on, he also killed five sons of Draupadi who too were sleeping, mistaking them to be Pandavas.

When Pandavas came to know about the heinous deed performed by Ashwatthama, they went in search of him. Frightened by the sight of Pandavas, he picked a blade of grass, invoked Brahmshira Astra in it a fired aiming all the Pandavas by saying "Let all the Pandavas be destroyed", it is an Astra said to have been four times as powerful as Brahmastra. Arjuna also countered this, firing Brahmshira Astra thus the two celestial weapons were colliding again and again, wreaking havoc on whole planetary systems. Eyeing the eminent destruction sage Narada and sage Vyasa came and stood in between the astras. Later both the warriors were asked to recall their astras. Arjuna recalled his Astra but Ashwatthama didn't know the recalling process.

So Ashwatthama diverted the Astra towardsthe yet-to-be-born child in Uttara's womb thereby trying to end the clan of Pandavas. Krishna, after bringing back the yet-to-be-born child to life has cursed ashwathama by taking the gem on his forehead. Until the end of this maha yuga, he will roam in the forests with blood and pus oozing out of his injuries and cry for death. The power which the gem contained and made him invincible is removed and made him powerless immortal