Why did Pandavas kill Dronacharya?

Kurukshetra War On the 15th day of the war, Drona killed Drupada. The Pandavas conceived a plot to capitalize on Drona’s only weakness, his son Ashwatthama. Drona sat down, started to meditate and his soul left his body in quest of Ashwatthama’s soul. Dhristadyumna took his sword and decapitated Drona, killing him.

Who was more powerful Bhishma or Drona?

Bhishma was more powerful than Dronacharya. Cause bhisma had once fought with lord Parshuram vigorously for four days.

Why did Krishna not kill Bhishma?

Krishna wished to kill bhishma because bhishma pitamah was fighting gallantly and was inflicting serious losses to pandava’s side. And despite shri krishna’s insistence arjun was not fighting with full force with bhishma as he had a soft corner for him.

Is Eklavya and Dhrishtadyumna same?

Ekalavya was a Nishaadha – a hunter by trade during his birth in Mahabharata. Essentially, Ekalavya was a transfiguration of an amsha of a demon named MaNimanta – an important demon among Krodha Vasha GaNa’s. Dhristadyumna was an incarnation of the Fire God. Both were not one and the same.

Did Bhishma and Drona choose sides in the Mahabharata?

I find this particularly interesting as both Bhishma and Drona were strong supporters of Pandavas and its also known that Arjun was Drona’s favourite pupil. But they dont choose sides because of that, that’s the beauty of it.

Did Parasurama know that Arjuna will be the cause of elimination of Bhishma?

So Parasurama knew beforehand that Arjuna will be the cause of elimination of Bhishma. So he should not have any qualms at the death of Bhishma. In order to demoralise Drona, Bhimasena killed an elephant with the name Aswatthaman, and proclaimed before Drona that he had killed Aswatthaman.

Why did Bhishma not limit his discussion to Bhagavata-dharma?

Bhishma did not limit his discussion to bhagavata-dharma, because Lord Krishna gave Maharaja Yudhishthira the devotional service of acting as a king, and to execute his service Yudhishthira Maharaja required extensive knowledge of civic affairs.

Did Arjuna kill Grandpa Bhisma?

However, a close reading of the ‘text’ relating to the death of Bhisma, Drona, Karna and Duryodhana reveals different shades of the accepted myths! On the tenth day of the war Arjuna killed grandpa Bhisma using Shikhandi as a shield, goes the story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Owks5ySh4pw