Sri Ghatokacha that used demoniac powers in Krsnas service

[Paramananda das]

Sri Ghatokacha that used demoniac powers in Krsnas service
yesterday I described some of the glories of Sri Barbarika, the son of Ghatokacha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghatotkacha actually if you read Mahabharata, or see a bonafide movie or drama of Mahabharata his chacter will be mentioned ,he was the son of Bhima and Hidimba ,a raksasi by birth, so yes sometimes pure devotees have a Raksasi wife, even in Kali yuga it is common .Ghatokacha fought so valiantly and Karna was forced to use the Sakti weapon he got from Indra in exchange from the natural armor he was born with (Karna being the son of Surya was born with a natrual armor so it was almost impossible to kill him as long he wore it) ,But Ghatokacha being half raksasa, and very powerful like his father Bhima that had the strenght of 10.000 elephants really killed milliones and milliones on the Kaurava side,.After Jairatha had been killed the Kauravas were to angry they broke the rules of war and kept fighting into the late evening.But Ghatokachas stenght increased at night being born half raksasa and the mystical powers he had he used to burn the Kaurava army and step on them and crush them.So he got in fight with Karna, the Kauravas finnaly realized we better call it the night and blew their conschells to stop the fight.The only illumination that time whe torches lit around Kuruksetra .However next day when Karna fought with Ghatokacha he was killing milliones of Kaurava troops again and only the Sakti weapon of Indra could kill Ghatokacha, but Karna had saved that for Arjuna, and without it killing Arjuna would be almost impossible.So Karna almost being killed by Ghatokacha envoked the Saktiweapon nand killed him .He is honoured for figthing on the side of the Pandavas and Krsna and he was very dear to the Pandavas and Lord Krsna, he entered Goloka Vrindavana upon his body being slain by Karna

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This article is about a character from Mahabharata. For the Gupta ruler, see Ghatotkacha (king). For the 2008 Indian film, see Ghatothkach.
Ghatotkacha
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Ghatotkacha fighting with Karna
Devanagari घटोत्कच
Affiliation Half-Rakshasa
Abode Kamyaka Forest
Weapon Gada (mace)
Battles Kurukshetra War
Personal information
Born Kamyaka Forest
Died Kurukshetra
Parents
Bhima (father)
Hidimbi (mother)
Spouse Ahilawati
Children Anjanaparvan, Meghavarna, Barbarika
Ghatotkacha (Sanskrit: घटोत्कच, IAST: Ghaṭotkaca, literally: "Bald Pot") is an important character in the Mahabharata.[1] His name comes from the fact that his head was hairless (utkacha) and shaped like a ghatam.[2] Ghatotkacha was the son of the Pandava Bhima and the demoness Hidimbi.
He is the father of Anjanaparvan, Barbarika and Meghavarna. His second son Anjanaparvan participated in the war. His maternal parentage made him half-demon, which granted him several magical abilities such as the ability to fly, to increase or decrease in size and to become invisible. He was an important fighter from the Pandava side in the Kurukshetra war and caused a great deal of destruction to the Kaurava army on the fourteenth night. Ghatotkacha killed many demons like Alambusha and many gigantic Asuras. He was killed by Karna with Indra's Vasavi Shakti which Karna obtained in exchange for his earrings and armour.
Contents
1 Legends
1.1 Hidimbi's dinner request
1.2 Fight with Bhima
1.3 Kurukshetra War
1.4 Javanese version
2 Lineage
3 Temples
4 In popular culture
5 See also
6 References
7 External links
Legends[edit]

Bhimsen and Ghatotkacha
Ghatotkacha was born to the demoness Hidimbi and the Pandava Bhima. When traveling the countryside with his brothers and mother as a brahmin, having escaped the lakshagraha, Bhima saved Hidimbi from her wicked brother Hidimba, the king of demons of Kamyaka Forest. Soon after Ghatotkacha was born, Bhima had to leave his family, as he still had duties to complete at Hastinapura.
Ghatotkacha grew up under the care of Hidimbi. Like his father, Ghatotkacha's weapon of choice was the mace. Lord Krishna gave him a boon that no one in the world would be able to match his sorcery skills, except for Krishna himself.[3] His wife was Ahilawati and his sons were Barbarika, Anjanaparva, and Meghavarna.
Hidimbi's dinner request[edit]
One day Hidimbi asked Ghatotkacha to fetch a human to sacrifice to Kali Mata. On his way to do so, he spotted a Brahmin and his wife traveling with their three children. Ghatotkacha approached them and asked which one of them should come with him to be his mother's sacrifice to Kali.
The Brahmin offered himself but his wife insisted that she would go. Finally, their second son agreed to go with Ghatotkacha and asked his permission to first bathe in the river Ganga. Bhima comes upon the scene and inquired as to what was the matter. Ghatotkacha then relayed the scenario to Bhima, who agreed to go with him on the condition that Ghatotkacha should defeat him in a fight.
Fight with Bhima[edit]
The fight began with both father and son fighting barehanded. After days of fighting, both of them exhausted, they were stopped by Hidimbi. She informed Ghatotkacha that Bhima is his father. Ghatotkacha fell at the feet of his father Bhima who embraced and praised his son, telling him that seldom has he fought anyone who could match him in terms of strength. Bhima also criticizes his wife and son for following the practice of human sacrifice.
Kurukshetra War[edit]
In the Mahābhārata, Ghatotkacha was summoned by Bhima to fight on the Pandava side in the Kurukshetra War. Invoking his magical powers, he brought great havoc in the Kaurava army using his power of illusion, even scaring away warriors like Duryodhana and Karna. His son Anjanparva was brutally killed by Ashwattama. On the 14th night, Ghatotkacha comes into conflict with Ashwatthama, who was attempting to rally the fleeing soldiers. After dispelling Ghatotkacha's illusion, he managed to knock the demons unconscious. After coming to his senses, Ghatotkacha became furious and fought with Ashwatthama in a long duel. During the fight, both combatants used their celestial weapons, but the mighty asura wasn't able to withstand the attack of the other and was forced to flee.
After the death of Jayadratha on the fourteenth day, when the battle continued past sunset, Ghatotkacha truly shined; his powers were at their most effective at night as demons become endued with unlimited prowess, great might, and courage. Along with his asura troops, Ghatotkacha attacked the Kauravas at full power.
Eventually, a fight took place between Karna and Ghatotkacha. Upon seeing his efforts against the gigantic asura turn futile, Karna invoked his celestial weapons. Beholding a celestial weapon aimed at him, the foremost of all d used his illusion to surrounded the Kaurava army. Beholding that, all kings with their sons and combatants, fled in fear. Only one among them -- Karna -- proud of the power of his weapons and nobility, managed to destroy all of Ghatotkacha's illusions. At the same time, Karna was unable to force Ghatotkacha to withdraw. Ghatotkacha forged a fierce and terrible illusion into existence. He turned invisible and deceptively began to tear away large number of arrows and other celestial weapons at the Kaurava army, injuring Duryodhana in the process.
With no other option, and with the Kaurava army on the verge of revolt, Karna invoked into existence that terrible Shakti, which he had planned to use on Arjuna. Karna hurled the weapon at the sea destroying his illusion and piercing him before it returned to Indra.
Mortally wounded, Ghatotkacha rose to the sky. In the midst of dying, he managed to enlarge his body, crushing one akshauhini of the Kaurava army by his weight as he fell.[4] The Pandavas were filled with grief at Ghatotkacha's death, while Krishna with the cosmic knowledge smiled as Ghatotkacha lost the demon bhava and reach Vaikuntha

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