The Second Boon From His Father
One day Jayadratha met his father Vridhakshtra who was a sage. He asked his father to grant him a boon by which he could choose the time of his death just like Shantanu who gave a similar boon to Devavrata (i.e. Bhishma). His father expressed his inability to grant such a boon. But, instead he said that who ever caused the head of Jayadrath to fall on the ground, will be killed immediately by having his own head burst into 100 pieces.
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