Who was the Strongest Among All During Mahabharata War?
2. Karna: One of the greatest archers, Student of Lord PrashuRam, wielder of Vijaya Shiv, bow of Lord Shiva. No person or weapon could hurt/defeat the person having Vijaya in his/her hand. He was protected by divine Shield which was later donated by him to a Braham, who in reality was Indra, Father of Arjun. Indra in disguise asked for that divine shield as donation and karna obliged. Karna was the only person who was having all the qualities of five pandavas.
5. Aswatthamma: Son of Dhronacharya with gem on his forehead, part incarnate of lord Shiva. He knew to wield every weapon. He was one among the eight Chiranjivi and one of the sage of the Kalyuga. Aswatthama studied Archery or martial arts and Brahmavidya or the science of the self or atma from Lord Parasurama, Maharishi Durvasa, Maharishi Ved Vyasa, Bhishma, Kripa and Drona. Aswatthama is the master of all forms of knowledge and possesses complete mastery over 64 forms of arts or Kalas . Bhishma once said when Ashwatthama gets angry, no one will be able to fight him as he becomes a second Shiva. No one can handle his wrath and fury. Thus Arjuna was advised to please Lord Shiva through penance so that the Pandavas can win over the Kauravas which had Aswathamma among their
ranks. He was among the only three (Drona, Krishna, Aswathamma) who knew to wield Narayanastra. He killed most number of enemies along with Arjuna and Karna. He defeated Bhima, Yudhistira in direct combat.
As all of you might be aware of the few big names during the Mahabharata War. Likes of Arjun, Karna will certainly be there in every list but you certainly neglect some which are also among the most formidable ones. Now one by one we will consider each.
1. Arjun: One of the Greatest Archers (as per my opinion he was surely not the greatest one), wielder of Gandiva, Bow of Brahma. He had learnt archery from the greatest teacher of that time, Dhronacharya. One of the few who know to shoot and retrieve Brahmsatra, (today’s Nuclear Weapon).
2. Karna: One of the greatest archers, Student of Lord PrashuRam, wielder of Vijaya Shiv, bow of Lord Shiva. No person or weapon could hurt/defeat the person having Vijaya in his/her hand. He was protected by divine Shield which was later donated by him to a Braham, who in reality was Indra, Father of Arjun. Indra in disguise asked for that divine shield as donation and karna obliged. Karna was the only person who was having all the qualities of five pandavas.
3. Bhishma: The name used to strike thunder among the enemy. The rulers of the Aryavarta(India) aligned along the Kauravas because he was the commander in chief. This student of Lord ParshuRam, have all the knowledge about Astras and Shastras, there was at that time. From Brahmastra to Pashupatastra everyone one of them was in his quiver. He had the boon to choose his own time of death. Of 18 days that Mahabharata war last, he was the commander for 10 days. No one could defeat him in the war; at last Krishna had to wield weapon to kill him while he vowed not to wield a weapon during the war. He was certainly among the contenders for the best during the war.
4. Dhronacharya: The Guru of the Arjun, Student of ParshuRam, the best teacher of that time. His Guru, Lord ParshuRam gifted all his weapons to him impressed by his devotion and his abilities. He made such a powerful shield during war that even Krishna and Yudhishtira, had to resort to foul-play to kill him.
5. Aswatthamma: Son of Dhronacharya with gem on his forehead, part incarnate of lord Shiva. He knew to wield every weapon. He was one among the eight Chiranjivi and one of the sage of the Kalyuga. Aswatthama studied Archery or martial arts and Brahmavidya or the science of the self or atma from Lord Parasurama, Maharishi Durvasa, Maharishi Ved Vyasa, Bhishma, Kripa and Drona. Aswatthama is the master of all forms of knowledge and possesses complete mastery over 64 forms of arts or Kalas . Bhishma once said when Ashwatthama gets angry, no one will be able to fight him as he becomes a second Shiva. No one can handle his wrath and fury. Thus Arjuna was advised to please Lord Shiva through penance so that the Pandavas can win over the Kauravas which had Aswathamma among their ranks. He was among the only three (Drona, Krishna, Aswathamma) who knew to wield Narayanastra. He killed most number of enemies along with Arjuna and Karna. He defeated Bhima, Yudhistira in direct combat.
After the death of Duryodhana, he vowed to take revenge and prayed to lord Shiva and then Shiva impressed him by entering into his body. Along with him, Kali and Shiv Ganas appeared. He along with Kali and Ganas killed all the Pandavas soldiers, panchal and remainder commanders of the Pandavas army like Dhrishtdhoom, Shikandni and others. He killed all the sons of Pandavas and annihilated the lineage of the Pandavas.
6. Barbareek: Now it’s time to turn our head to grandson of the Bhima, Son of Gatothkach, .After deep penance he was gifted with three arrows as a boon which would make him victorious over any enemy. He can’t be defeated till he has those and only he can call them, no one else not even Krishna. He vowed to take the weaker side of the army and fight along with them and Krishna
knew being the supreme god with Pandavas made the Kauravas weaker and then Barbareek had to align with Kauravas and he would kill all the Pandavas along with their army in a jiffy. So krishna alarmed by this, tricked Barbareek to kill himself and gave him the seat in the Vaikunta along with himself; thus securing the victory for Pandavas.
This is the list of the most powerful person among the armies during Mahabharata war. It is based on the discretion of the reader to decide his own ranking. Last but not the least for me the most powerful among them was Barbareek.
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