Description

During the Mahabharata war, Sarathi “one with a chariot” or “charioteer” is an epithet of Krishna (an Avatar of Vishnu. Krishna counseled the Pandavas and Kauravas, two closely related families fighting over a kingdom in northern India. Eventually siding with the Pandavas, Krishna offered his services as the charioteer to Arjuna, the Pandavas’ greatest archer. Abhimanyu’s (Son of Arjuna) death in the war is a gigantic blow to the Pandavas. Arjuna blames Jayadratha to be the cause for Abhimanyu’s death, feel very guilty for not killing Jayadratha when they did have the chance. He vows to kill him the very next day before sunset, vowing that if he fails he would immolate himself.Sketch to describe the climactic moment in the war, with the sun nearly set and thousands of warriors still between Arjuna and Jayadratha. Krishna sends his Sudarshana Chakra in order to mask the sun and create an illusion of sunset. This painting was Dr. Badseshi own imagination in his high school (8th grade).