You must be knowing about Abhimanyu, the son of Pandavas in the story of Mahabharata. He was a brave warrior. People also know about Ghatotkach. But do you know that 8 sons of Pandavas died during Mahabharata.
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Everyone knows the story of the martyrdom of Abhimanyu and Ghatotkacha, the sons of the Pandavas, in the Mahabharata. But we are going to give you information about how the rest of them died.
For your information, let us tell you that Abhimanyu attained martyrdom while breaking the Chakravyuh. When Ghatotkach started wreaking havoc on the Kaurava army, Karna, on the orders of Duryodhan, fired Indra's infallible weapon on him, which led to his death.
Arjuna and the serpent princess Ulupi had a son named Iravan. When the Pandavas were willing to offer a human sacrifice before the Mahabharata war, Iravan sacrificed himself.
The other five sons of the Pandavas, known as the Upa Pandavas, were Prativindhya, Sutasoma, Shatanika, Shrutasena, Shrutakarman.
Ashwathama entered the camp at night after the Mahabharata war, he came with the intention of killing the Pandavas but by mistake instead of the Pandavas he killed the five sons of Pandavas who were sleeping at night.
