Ghatokacha

[Paramananda das]

Ghatokacha
On 14th day of Mahabharata war ,Arjuna killed Jaidratha and the Kauravas kept fighting at night .Braking all rules of war they had already done so when they killing Abhimanyu ,even Drona though a socalled Brahmin was part of killed Abhimanyu in a deceitfull way fighting him from all sides because he had injured them all badly and when he was unarmed just with a chariot wheel to defend himself they killed him.Bhismadeva cried when he heard how irreligious the Kauravas had become lying on the bed of arrows Arjuna told him.However on the 14 day of battle of Kusruksetra the war continued into night and the Kauravas lit up the battle field with lanterns and kept fighting the Pandava army Krsna called for Ghatokacha ,Bhimas son whos mother was Hidimbi so he had all Raksasa powers. and he killed milliones of Kauravas soldiers, Karna had to use his sakti weapon to kill Ghatokacha that he obtained from Indra in exchange for his armor that he was born with along with earrings (Karnas father was the Sungod Vivasvan ),Krsna had called Ghatokacha to fight in the Mahabharat war and he was a devotee of Sri Krsna since birth being a son of Bhima and Hidimbi.The painting show Krsna asking Ghatokacha to fight in the Mahabharata war .Ghatokacha was very dear to Lord Krsna in India are few temples still in his honor because he was such a great Vaisnava , Some say Ghatokacha was a "Krsnatarians" he ate only Krsna prasadam , Krsna spoke often affectionatly about Ghatokacha in Mahabharata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghatotkacha