10-20-2003, 09:58 PM
At the end of MahaBharatha, when Aswadhama (son of Dronacharya) in disgust goes into penance. On hearing the salying of Dhuryodhana by Bhima by dealing a blow on the thighs of DUryodhana (ie sort of hitting below the belt), Aswadhama goes into rage and uses the 'Brahma Siro namka' Astra ( not Brahamstra as is known widely here) on the womb of 'Uttara' becuse that would end the dynasty of Pandu ( at that time uttara was a pregnant widow as Abhimanyu was killed in earlier battle of Padmavyuham formation).
Hence the uttara gives birth to a still born boy baby, when Pandus ask Krishna ( the originator of this question <img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> in this forum) to rescue the baby, he steps on the baby with his foot to ( kinda fibrolator) revive the baby and hence his name 'Parikhsit' (who is later cursed to die by the bite of takshaka the snake king).
Brahmastra was known only to Arjuna, and Karna, IIRC Karna wanted it to be used against Arjuna but Duryodhana pesuades him to uses against Bhima's son Bakasura'.
Arjuna was awarded Brhamastra by Shiva, that is another story for another time , now over to experts like Kaushal garu and Esquired HH.
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PS: Just for the sake of fun I googled with the word Bhrama Siro namaka and got this
[url="http://www.dattapeetham.com/india/bhaktimala/may99/sooktimay99.html"]http://www.dattapeetham.com/india/bhaktima...ooktimay99.html[/url]
It vindicates what I had posted above.
Hence the uttara gives birth to a still born boy baby, when Pandus ask Krishna ( the originator of this question <img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> in this forum) to rescue the baby, he steps on the baby with his foot to ( kinda fibrolator) revive the baby and hence his name 'Parikhsit' (who is later cursed to die by the bite of takshaka the snake king).Brahmastra was known only to Arjuna, and Karna, IIRC Karna wanted it to be used against Arjuna but Duryodhana pesuades him to uses against Bhima's son Bakasura'.
Arjuna was awarded Brhamastra by Shiva, that is another story for another time , now over to experts like Kaushal garu and Esquired HH.
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PS: Just for the sake of fun I googled with the word Bhrama Siro namaka and got this
[url="http://www.dattapeetham.com/india/bhaktimala/may99/sooktimay99.html"]http://www.dattapeetham.com/india/bhaktima...ooktimay99.html[/url]
It vindicates what I had posted above.