Chakravyuha

In the form of battle described in the Mahabharata, it was important to place powerful fighters in positions where they could inflict maximum damage to the opposing force, or defend their own side.

A pivotal episode involving the Padmavyūha is the valiant but tragic attempt by Abhimanyu, the son of Arjuna, to breach it.

While still in his mother's womb, Abhimanyu overheard Arjuna discussing the method to penetrate the formation but did not learn the means to exit it.

[2] After Abhimanyu had penetrated the sixth tier of the formation, all the Kauravas' commanders attacked him simultaneously, which was against the righteous rules of warfare Dharmayuddha, and gradually exhausted and killed him.

[3] It has been noted that the skills used by Abhimanyu to penetrate the Chakravyuha likely have a connection to those used in traditional Indian games such as kabaddi and kho-kho.