Pinaka"s army stood their ground.. as Zaffar and his men approached.. the hooves of the horses were thundering on the ground.. Pinaka shouted.. "engage! " the soldiers shouted"Jai Bhavani! ", the first row of infantry were bearing spears.. as the enemy approached Pinaka said, "now, " the spear bearers moved forward and striked the horses in the approaching cavalry lines of Zaffar, this made the horses lose control and throw their ryders down.. once the men fell down, Pinaka"s men striked the men .. the first line of Zaffar"s cavalry fell.. Samyukta shouted, "retreat" the spear bearers went back.. Zaffar was shaken..but he said, "go.. engage.. "then came Pinaka"s line of cavalry.. the first line of them were holding swords and shields.. they got engaged with Zaffar"s men in close combat..Zaffar was fierce to the extreme.. he went inside the enemy lines and started fighting.. he was being engaged by some soldier continuously and after few moments, the soldier was moving away.. Pinaka was looking at Zaffar and smiling teasingly.. he was placed at the center.. Zaffar was getting frustrated.. he was advancing towards Pinaka.. but no soldier was engaging him in fierce battle.. after exchanging few blows each soldier was moving away from his position.. Zaffar was getting exhausted.. he stopped paying attention to his surroundings..
All other men of Zaffar were engaged fiercely in battle.. Samyukta killed two of Zaffar"s generals.. General Rudra Verma (Magadhan General) killed a dozen men.. he seemed to be everywhere.. his swordsmanship was flawless.. Prince Deepak and Surya (Samyukta"s brothers) were engaged in battle and each one of them killed half a dozen men each..
Zaffar"s generals and his men were looking for Zaffar.. but they couldn"t find him.. one of the generals saw Zaffar approaching Pinaka.. meanwhile he was also engaged by Samyukta.. "this woman".. he thought.. he never saw a woman who was such a fierce warrior.. she was fighting on and on.. killing each man and breaking enemy lines.. while she was driving everything forward Pinaka was standing in the middle without moving.. this was something which no one thought about.. why was the husband happy to sit cozily while the wife was moving forward striking down Zaffar"s men?
Zaffar moved forward, he was completely exhausted... he exhanged blows with almost sixty men.. he was frustrated... that teasing smile on Pinaka"s face was growing bigger.. he kept moving forward.. finally he approached Pinaka.. and was about to strike him.. suddenly there was a drum roll and Pinaka shouted.. "in" all the soldiers who engaged Zaffar for so long turned inwards..
Zaffar was utterly shocked.. what happened.. what was going on.. was he being lured inside.. Pinaka shouted, "Zaffar is caught.. cease fire.. " the battle stopped.. everyone stopped fighting.. Zaffar"s men got perplexed.. what happened.. how was it possible.. Samyukta looked at Pinaka and smiled, she said to herself, "finally he accomplished the Chakravyuha.. he was so obsessed with it.. "
Chakravyuha or Padmavyuha was a multi tiered defensive formation. This was impossible to decipher on field.. once someone enters it, it"s next to impossible to escape.. the soldiers were arranged in increasing order of their strength.. as the enemy advances inside, the strength and the skill of the warriors he faced increases.. the warriors keep engaging the enemy briefly and keep drawing the enemy inside.. and move in a concentric circle..each soldier is placed at two arms length from the other...once the enemy reaches the center of the formation, signal is given by the last soldier, then all the warriors present in the concentric layers face inside.. only then the enemy realises that he is trapped..
Zaffar got trapped..!