SIVA TEACHING ARJUN
Shiva did not give Arjuna just Pashupata (also
called Brahmashira) but he also gave him
Sthurnakarna astra (the god for this weapon is
Shankukarna, an avatar of Siva)
SharVarshastra (this is legacy of Shiva as storm
god of Rig Veda)
* Shalbhastra (it appears as thousands and lakhs of
arrows and other weapons which appear and
then target and destroy the enemy soldiers)
* Ashmavasha Astra (this creates millions of rocks
and boulders and rain down on the enemy)
as well as Raudrastra. Arjuna obtained in all
fifteen Astras other than Pashupataastra from
Siva. Ok so the kirata trip is not really about
pashupata. when you abridge the story then
pashupata stands out.
Not only that, Siva taught Arjuna two more Vidyas
in Archery:
* All archers may know Prayoga, the first vidhi in
Dhanurveda.
* Many will know Upsanhara, the second vidhi (also
called recall),
* still many will know Avarti (distress prevention)
vidhi.
Only Arjuna knew the fourth and fifth vidhis of
the Dhanurveda, thanks to Siva.
* Even Drona did now know the fourth one (He got
his curse on 14th night/15th morning for not
knowing this). That is Prayashachita.
This enables the Archer to bring back to life in
case an innocent is killed by the Astra. Arjuna
with the knowledge of this Vidya can shoot and
use astras regardless of consequences on a large
mass of soldiers and would only kill the enemies
and can utilize the power of Astra to keep his
soldiers and innocents alive. Arjuna never needed
to use it for variety of reasons he later explained
in Udyoga Parva. (Vana Parva Chapter 168.)
* The icing on the cake was the fifth Vidhi,
Pratighaat.
This vidhi enabled the Archer to utilize the power
of the enemy’s astra, any astra and turn it back
on the enemy literally taking over the power of
the astra fired by the enemy and reversing it.
Vayu is lord of the vidhi and Vayuputras inherit it.
Hanuman was unbeatable if you fired divine
astras at him and so was Bhima.
When Asvwathamma fired the Narayanastra, the
way to defeat it was to give up arms. But one
man did not. Bhima. Bhima knew that he can
absorb and reverse the Narayanastra. That was
the reason why Krishna and Arjuna forced Bhima
down for Bhima would turn it back and
Narayanaastra would go unchecked and would
destroy the world. Asvwathamma was very bad at
upasanhara!
* Arjuna vs. Bhargavas!!
Indra then sent Arjuna after Nivatakavachas and
gifted him his old ratha.
The current Ratha of Indra had Green colored
horses while the old Ratha had horses with
peacock feather colors (MayuraRoma). Indra had
used this Ratha to defeat and kill Shamabarasura,
Namuchi, Bala, Vritra, Prahalad (did not die),
Narakasura.
(Here in Vana Parva chapter 168, Indra killed a
Narakasura and later chapter 211, we find the
huge bones of Narakasura killed by Vishnu and of
course Krishna killed a third Narakasura!)
In chapter 171, during the battle with
Nivatakavachas, the Neelakantha commentary
(which is used by Sanskrit Clay Library for Vana
Parva) points out that Arjuna while fighting the
Nivatakavachas with one hand, managed to lift
the chariot wheels out of Earth they had stuck in
on Ocean floor.
With the skilled charioteer at helm, Arjuna was
able to destroy and kill the Nivatakavachas single
handedly.
In his description of battle, Arjuna emphasized
Matali’s contribution. A good charioteer makes a
good warrior better. A great charioteer makes a
great Warrior invincible. Arjuna here used
Mahendrastra defensively as well as
Vishoshanastra to dry the targeted Water geysers
used by the Nivatakavachas,
Varunastra to counter the Bhargavastra by asuras
and Shailastra to stop the wind weapons
(vayuastra) then astrasambhadini Maya to
destroy the Asura mayas and then Vajrastra to kill
them.
After destroying the Nivatakavachas, Arjuna also
destroyed the Pauloma and Kalaknja Asuras aka
Bhargavas they are all descended from Bhrigu.
He killed 60,000 rathis using Raudrastra who
would have taken the side opposite Dharma on
the dharmakshtera.
OM NAMAH SIVAYA
JAI DHANANJAYA
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