11-01-2003, 09:58 PM
The weapon arjuna gets from rudra is the pAshupata. It is supposed to generate a continuous stream of arrows one fired. arjuna kills jayadratha with that missile and the stream of arrows carries his head and drops it on his father vR^iddhakshtra's lap. As a result of curse when vR^iddhakshtra rises the head rolls off and he too dies.
The other great weapon used by the ashvathAmA was nArayaNa, which the pANDavas escape by lying flat on the ground and it passes over them. arjuna got the brahmAstra from droNa, but receives other astras from indra, and other devas...
Another interesting weapon described in the Mbh is the varuNa gada of shrutAyudha. It used to only kill combatants. So when he hurled it on kR^ishNa (technically a non-combatant) what literally happened was:
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Those who can peruse of the sanskrit original may want to read the great battle between ghatotkacha and ashvathAmA on day 13 of the war; would be great to make a special effects movie of just that segment!!
The other great weapon used by the ashvathAmA was nArayaNa, which the pANDavas escape by lying flat on the ground and it passes over them. arjuna got the brahmAstra from droNa, but receives other astras from indra, and other devas...
Another interesting weapon described in the Mbh is the varuNa gada of shrutAyudha. It used to only kill combatants. So when he hurled it on kR^ishNa (technically a non-combatant) what literally happened was:
:grenade
: <img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> Those who can peruse of the sanskrit original may want to read the great battle between ghatotkacha and ashvathAmA on day 13 of the war; would be great to make a special effects movie of just that segment!!