THIS THREAD IS AN IMMEDIATE REPLY TO A FOUL AND MISLEADING POST BY BLORNDIES REGARDING PASHUPATASTRA -

Just read these vague claims of Blorndies and have a great laugh -

They are the same Karna lovers who claim to be Mahadeva Devotees

1)Pashupatastra was an ordinary weapon Lol
2)Drona and Karna possessed Pashupatastra,Rolf
3)Pashupatastra and Raudrastra are same weapons and Arjuna used Pashupatastra to kill Kalakeyas.
4)Jayadrath was killed using Pashupatastra.

Lets Blow each and every argument,Yet Again :P

PART 1 - MISCONCEPTION : PASHUPATASTRA WAS AN ORDINARY WEAPON -

Description of Pashupatastra -

Narrative:

Verily, that shaft was the excellent Pasupata that mighty and terrible weapon, which is without a second, indescribable for its power, and capable of striking every creature with fear. Of vast proportions, it seemed to constantly vomit sparks of fire. Possessed of one foot, of large teeth, and a thousand heads and thousand Stomachs, it has a thousand arms, a thousand tongues, and a thousand eyes. Indeed, it seemed to continually vomit fire. O thou of mighty arms, that weapon is superior to the Brahma, the Narayana, the Aindra, the Agneya, and the Varuna weapons. Verily, it is capable of neutralising every other weapon in the universe. It was with that weapon that the illustrious Mahadeva had in days of yore, burnt and consumed in a moment the triple city of the Asuras. With the greatest ease, O Govinda, Mahadeva, using that single arrow, achieved that feat. That weapon, shot by Mahadeva's arms, can, without doubt consume in half the time taken up by a twinkling of the eyes the entire universe with all its mobile and immobile creatures. In the universe there is no being including even Brahma and Vishnu and the deities, that are incapable of being slain by that weapon.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m13/m13a014.htm

VERDICT:

- Pashupatstra is superior to Brahmastra,Narayanastra,Aindrastra,Agneyastra and Varunastra.
- Pashupatstra is capable of neutralizing every weapon of Universe.
- No one in the Universe can resist Pashupatastra,not even Brahma or Vishnu.
- In a second,Pashupatastra shot by Mahadeva burnt the triple city of Asuras.

BLORDNDIES TROLLED :D

WE CAN ADD MANY MORE NARRATIVES FOR THOSE JERKS WHO ARE INSULTING LORD SHIVA BY CALLING PASHUPATASTRA AN ORDINARY WEAPON.HOWEVER WE THINK THAT THE ABOVE SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR BLORNDIES TO KEEP THEIR DIRTY MOUTH SHUT.

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PART 2 - MISCONCEPTION : DRONA AND KARNA POSSES  PASHUPATASTRA

PROOF 1 : NO ONE FROM KAURAVAS POSSESSED PASHUPATASTRA,NEITHER BHISHMA,NOR DRONA,NOR KARNA,NOR ASHWATHAMA,NOR KRIPA -

Narrative:

That terrible and mighty weapon which the Lord of all creatures (Mahadeva) gave me on the occasion of my hand-to-hand encounter with him (in the guise of) a hunter, still existeth with me.Indeed, O tiger among men, that weapon which the Lord of all creatures useth at the end of Yuga for destroying created things, existeth with me. Ganga's son knoweth not that weapon; nor Drona nor Gautama (Kripa); nor Drona's son, O king! How, therefore, can the Suta's son know it.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m05/m05197.htm

Clearly written that Neither Bhishma,nor Drona,nor Karna nor Kripa nor Ashwathama possessed Pashupatastra,except Arjuna.

PROOF 2 : EVEN LORD SHIVA SAID THAT NO ONE POSSESSED PASHUPATASTRA -

Narrative:

(Shiva telling this to Arjun about Pashupatastra)

Neither the chief himself of the gods, nor Yama, nor the king of the Yakshas, nor Varuna, nor Vayu, knoweth it. How could men know anything of it?

http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03040.htm

NOW WHAT WILL BLORNDIES SAY? MAHADEVA AND ARJUNA WERE KIDDING ??? :P

Regarding Drona having Pashupatastra:

Read this Narrative which Blorndies Gave -

the son of Bharadwaja, that warrior acquainted with the course of all weapons, invoked into existence the Aindra, the Pasupata, the Tvashtra, the Vayavya, and the Yamya weapons. As soon as those weapons, issued from Drona's bow, Dhananjaya destroyed them quickly. When his weapons were thus duly destroyed by Arjuna with his own weapons, Drona shrouded the son of Pandu with the mightiest of celestial weapons. Every weapon, however, that Drona shot at Partha from desire of vanquishing the latter, was shot by Partha in return for baffling it.

*** As per this Narrative,Drona shot Pasupata along with many other divine weapons,and Arjuna nullified all of them very easily :P And in the Part one of this post,we proved that Pashupatastra was irresistible even by Brahma and Vishnu....So as per the theory of Blorndies,it proves that Arjuna was superior to Brahma and Vishnu .... ROFL

SO WHAT EXACTLY WAS THIS PASUPATA WEAPON WHICH DRONA HAD ?

Well,the Sanskrit पाशुपत (Pasupata) means -- relating or sacred to or coming from śiva - paśupati (http://sanskritdictionary.com/p%C4%81%C5%9Bupata/134864/1)

So any weapon Given by Lord Siva can be called as Pasupata weapon,this was used by poets while constructing the slokas.The Pasupata weapon with Arjuna and the Pasupata weapon with Drona were different.The above statements of Mahadeva and Arjuna confirm this.

The Pasupata which Arjuna got was of Brahmasira category -

Vana Parva,chapter 40

(Arjuna to Lord Shiva)
"I ask of thee, O lord that fierce celestial weapon wielded by thee and called Brahmasira--that weapon of terrific prowess which destroyeth, at the end of the Yuga the entire universe"

(Lord Shiva to Arjuna)
Bhava replied, 'O powerful one. I will give to thee that favourite weapon of mine called the Pasuputa.

So this makes it clear that the Pashupatastra which Arjun obtained from Shiva was of a Brahmasira category.

Another Proof :

O bull of the Bharata race, Partha hath obtained from Rudra that incomparable weapon for the acquisition of which thou hadst sent him to heaven. That fierce weapon, known by the name of Brahma-sira which arose after Amrita, and which Rudra had obtained by means of ascetic austerities, hath been acquired by Arjuna together with the Mantras for hurling and withdrawing it, and the rites of expiation and revival

http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03091.htm

Again Proves that Arjuna's Pasupata was of Brahmasira category.

(BRAHMASIRA IS THE HIGHEST CATEGORY OF WEAPONS)

Interested ones can checkout our old post on Pashupatastra also- http://on.fb.me/1Krr5F9

Regarding Karna having Pashupatastra -

Here also some other weapon was referred,moreover it was not Karna shooting that weapon,check out this post for more details -

http://on.fb.me/1RdepTg

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PART 3 - MISCONCEPTION : PASHUPATASTRA AND RAUDRASTRA ARE SAME AND ARJUNA USED PASHUPATASTRA TO KILL KALAKEYAS

Blorndies have Quoted a Sloka which they are translating incorrectly,below is the Sloka.

यद तद रौद्रमिती ख्यात सर्वमित्रविनाशनम ।
महत् पाशुपत दिव्य सर्वलोकनमस्कृतम ।।

Blordnies say as per this sloka,Pashupatastra is also known as Raudrastra ROFL

Correct Translation :-

The great Pashupata given by Rudra propitiated by the whole world is known for annihilating all foes

Keyword रौद्रमिती(Raudrameeti) It does not refer to Rudrastra....It refers to Rudra as Lord Shiva and not his weapon.The weapon Pashupata(पाशुपत) is referred in the second line of Sloka.

SECOND SLOKA GIVEN BY BLORNDIES -

तै: पीड्यमानो बहुभि: कृतास्त्रे: कुशलैर्युधि ।
व्यथितोस्मि महायुध्दे भयं चागान्महन्मम ।।
ततोहं देवोदेवाय रुद्राय प्रयतो रणे ।
स्वस्ति भूतेभ्य इत्युक्त्वा महास्त्र समचोदयम ।।

Here also its not written that Arjuna used Pashupatastra,its written that Arjuna used Raudrastra(रुद्राय) to kill them.

Narrative:

I was pained in that mighty encounter and a terrible fear seized me. Thereupon collecting (my energies) in fight, I (bowed down) unto that god of gods, #Raudra, and saying, 'May welfare attend on all beings!' I fixed that mighty weapon which, celebrated under the name of #Raudra, is the destroyer of all foes.

http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03172.htm

SO THIS PROVES THAT RAUDRASTRA WAS USED TO KILL KALAKEYAS AND NOT PASUPATASTRA.

Mahabharat does not mentions Raudrastra a lot.Arjuna used it once against Kalakeyas,second time he was going to use it against Karna,but luckily Karna's wheel got punctured that time so Arjuna took this weapon back.

VALMIKI RAMAYANA MENTIONS RAUDRASTRA AT MANY PLACES,LET ME CITE THEM -

>> VALMIKI RAMAYANA SEPARATELY IDENTIFIES PASHUPATA AND RAUDRA WEAPON WHICH MEANS THEY BOTH WERE DIFFERENT -

vaaruNam caiva raudram ca aindram paashupatam tathaa |
aiShiikam ca api cikShepa ruShito gaadhi naMdanaH || 1-56-6

Translation:

Vishvamitra, the son of Gaadhi then rancorously fusilladed the missiles regulated by gods like Varuna, Rudra, Indra, Paashupata, and even a missile which is projectile through grass blade called Ishiika.

This clearly proves that Raudrastra and Pasupatastra were different.

As Per Valmiki Ramayana,many warriors possessed Raudrastra - Lord Ram,Laxman,Vishwamitra and Indrajeet also possessed it.

>> LORD RAM KILLS KUMBHAKARNA USING RAUDRA WEAPON -

अथ दाशरथी रामो रौद्रमस्त्रं प्रयोजयन् |
कुम्भकर्णस्य हृदये ससर्ज निशितान् शरान् || ६-६७-११७

Thereupon, Rama, the son of Dasaratha, employing a spell (used to charm arrows) called Raudra, discharged sharp arrows into Kumbhakarna's chest.

>> INDRAJEET USED RAUDRA WEAPON TO COUNTER VARUNA WEAPON OF LAXMAN -

स संरब्धस्तु सौमित्रिरस्त्रं वारुणमाददे || ९०-६-५६
रौद्रं महेद्रजिद्युद्धे व्यसृजद्युधि विष्ठितः |

Getting excited, Lakshmana took hold of a missile presided over by Varuna (the god of water). Skilled in warfare, the great Indrajit too discharged a missile presided over by Rudra (the god of destruction) in battle.

>> LORD RAM USES RAUDRA WEAPON ON RAVANA -

अथ मन्त्रानपि जपन्रौद्रमस्त्रमुदीरयन् |
शरान्भूयः समादाय रामः क्रोधसमन्वितः || ६-९९-३६
मुमोच च महातेजाश्चापमायम्य वीर्यवान् |

Thereupon, seizing hold of more arrows, reciting sacred incantations and making use of the missile presided over by Rudra and stretching his bow, the valiant Rama of great splendour was filled with anger and released those arrows.

SO ITS ENOUGH TO PROVE THAT RAUDRA WEAPON AND PASHUPATASTRA WERE DIFFERENT.

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PART 4 : IN NEXT POST ;)