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Ashwathama

By Unknown - March 25, 2018




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Ashwathama was the son of Dronacharya, teacher of Kauravas and Pandavas in Dwapar Yuga (the third age of the four ages, Sat, Treta, Dwapar and Kali). His mother's name was Krupi. It is said that at the time of birth there was a whistling sound in his throat, so he was called Ashwathama (Ashwa means horse in Sanskrit). Ashwathama had a precious jewel or "Mani", placed on his forehead, whose use stops his fear of weapons, diseases or hunger, and stops him from fearing the gods, Danavas (a race of Demons) and Nagas (a deity) or class of entity or being, assuming the form of a very large snake, found in Hinduism and Buddhism).

He was very heroic and an expert archer. In the war of Mahabharata, he was the commander of the Kaurava army. During the war, to defeat Dronacharya, Sri Krishna designed an intelligent war tactic. On the side of the Pandavas was an elephant named Ashwathama. Shri Krishna told Yudhishthir to spread the word that Ashwathama was dead. The elephant was killed and everyone cried out: "Ashwathama is dead, Ashwathama is dead!" Dronacharya also heard these words and suspected that his only son Ashwathama died in battle. Shadows from the loss of his son, he approached Yudhishthir and asked, "Oh, Yudhishthir, I know you never tell a lie, please tell me what happened." Is Ashwathama really dead? With great effort, Yudhishthir said: "Yes, Ashwathama is dead"; but he added in a whisper: "I do not know if it's a man or an elephant". Dronacharya in the middle of the confusion could not hear the second part of the prayer and, thinking that his loving son died, he abandoned the fight and was later killed by Dhristadyumna, son of Drupad.


Here Ashwathama, son of Dronacharya, learned of the trick that Sri Krishna and Yudhishthir played in the murder of his father. To take revenge at the end of the Mahabharata one night, Ashwathama went to the Pandava camp. The Pandavas were not present in the field at that time. Thinking that the Pandavas were sleeping, Ashwathama killed the five sons of Pandava and also the child in the womb of Uttara, wife of Abhimanyu (the son of Arjun). Shri Krishna revived the dead child. This boy became more famous as King Parikshit. Draupadi began to complain about the death of his children. When the Pandavas returned to their camp and learned that Ashwathama had killed their children, they became very angry. Here, Ashwathama was also frightened and knew that the Pandavas would not spare his life. He fled and hid in the forest on the banks of the Ganges River. There, Sage Maharishi Vyas sat with other sages. The Pandavas arrived there in search of Ashwathama and Arjun challenged him in a battle. The frightened Ashwathama propelled the infallible weapon Brahmastra (a kind of weapon that infallible destruction and was set in motion by the strength of mantras). Arjun also had the knowledge of Brahmashtra and used the same to reduce the effect of the Ashwathama weapon.



 
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Here Ashwathama, son of Dronacharya, learned of the trick that Sri Krishna and Yudhishthir played in the murder of his father. To take revenge at the end of the Mahabharata one night, Ashwathama went to the Pandava camp. The Pandavas were not present in the field at that time. Thinking that the Pandavas were sleeping, Ashwathama killed the five sons of Pandava and also the child in the womb of Uttara, wife of Abhimanyu (the son of Arjun). Shri Krishna revived the dead child. This boy became more famous as King Parikshit. Draupadi began to complain about the death of his children. When the Pandavas returned to their camp and learned that Ashwathama had killed their children, they became very angry. Here, Ashwathama was also frightened and knew that the Pandavas would not spare his life. He fled and hid in the forest on the banks of the Ganges River. There, Sage Maharishi Vyas sat with other sages. The Pandavas arrived there in search of Ashwathama and Arjun challenged him in a battle. The frightened Ashwathama propelled the infallible weapon Brahmastra (a kind of weapon that infallible destruction and was set in motion by the strength of mantras). Arjun also had the knowledge of Brahmashtra and used the same to reduce the effect of the Ashwathama weapon.
 
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