Who were the top 10 strongest warriors of Treta Yuga?

 10# Vali :

• Vali was strongest Vanara after Hanumana ji.
• Vali once defeated Ravana in physical bout.
• Vali killed a buffalo demon named Dundubhi in a fierce battle and lifted Dundubhi's gigantic corpse and threw it hundred yojanas away.
• Vali also killed Dundubhi's brother Maayaavi including all of his relatives after a fierce battle in a cave near his Kishkindha Kingdom.
• When Sugreeva came to fight him, he thrashed Sugreeva effortlessly.

9# Kumbhakarna :

• Kumbhkarna was strong even without any boon.
• Kumbhkarna defeated Indra, the eleven rudras and all the devas in Swaraga.
• Kumbhkarna had pulled Airavat’s tusk and struck it on Indra’s chest.
• Indra’s Vajra could do no harm to Kumbhakarna.
• Devas , Brahmarishis and Rakshashas feared Kumbhakarna.
• Kumbhakarna even injured Hanuman.
• Kumbhakarna defeated many Vanara cheifs and captured Sugriva.
• Kumbhakarna literally ate 7,8,10,20,30,etc., Vanaras at a time.

8# Atikaya :

• Atikaya was known for his counselling , horse-riding and elephant-riding skills , swordsmanship , archery , strategies of dissention among enemies through bribes and leading the army.
• Atikaya defeated Devas , Rakshashas and Yakshas many times and defended his people .
• Atikay neutralized the vajra of Indra with his normal arrows. He also countered noose of Varuna.
• Atikay effortlessly defeated 5 Vanara chiefs name Mainda, Dvivida, Sharabha, Nila and Kumuda.

7# Indrajita :

• Mēghanāda a.k.a Indrajita like his father was a very powerful warrior and second strongest warrior of the Rākṣasas. One can say he is a true prodigy.
• He perfomed a great Yajña known as Mahēśvara Yajña and got a rare boon from Rudra (probably his Māyā as the text does not mention what the rare boon was).
• Though Rāvaṇa and Kumbhakarṇa defeated Indra, Mēghanāda was the only one to successfully capture him. Mēghanāda also was very skilled in using Māyā.
• It is also stated that he defeated the Rudras, Vasus and Ādityas also.
• He killerd 63 crore Vānaras with the Brahmāstra and killed many Vāranas using his serpents.
• He through his boons captured Hanumana , and knocked Rama and Lakshman.
• Mēghanāda’s greatest advantage and disadvantage was his Nikumbila ritual. The one who disturbs it would cause his death.

6# Kartiveerya Arjuna :

• Kartiveerya Arjuna was an extremely strong warrior.
• Kartiveerya Arjuna earned his boons through his merit.
• Kartiveerya Arjuna got thousand arms and stopped the flow of rivers and oceans.
• Kartiveerya Arjuna conquered whole earth.
• Kartiveerya Arjuna defeated Indra .
• Kartiveerya Arjuna defeated a young Rāvaṇa.

5# Lakshmana :

• Lakshman was the right hand of Bhagwan Sri Ram.
• Lakshman was greater archer than Kartiveerya Arjuna.
• Lakshman helped Sri Ram defeating Viradha and Kabandha.
• Lakshman could destroy whole Rakshasha clan through his Brahmastra.
• Lakshman easily defeated Surpanakha .
• Lakshman was so fearsome that when he arrived in Kishkinda to confront Sugriva , that all Vanaras started running away from him.
• Rama and Lakshmana together wiped out 1/3rd army of rakhasas on day one completely at night time .
• Lakshmana stalemate Kumbhkarna.
• Lakshmana defeated Indrajita .
• Lakshman killed Rakshashas Indrajita , Atikaya and Virupaksha.

4# Bhargava Parshuram :

• Parshuramaji is one of the greatest warriors of Sanatan Dharma.
• Parshuramaji is an Amsha avatar of Sri Hari Vishnu himself.
• Bhargava Ram was trained by none other than Devo ke Dev Mahadev.
• He fought a duel with Mahadev himself and even scratches Bhagwan Shiva in forehead.
• In the form of Gurudakshina to Mahadeva , he destroyed many Daityas that were against Indra .
• Parshuramaji had devine Parshu of Mahadeva .
• Parshuram killed a tiger easily to save a boy Akritverma , who became his most devoted follower .
• Parshuram killed 100 Akshouhinis of Kartiveerya Arjuna.
• Parshuramaji cut down each arm of Sahastrabahu Arjuna .
• As per Mahabharata, he killed Kartiveerya Arjuna through his Parshu while as Brahmananda Puran he killed him through Pashupastra.
• He killed 100 sons of Kartiveerya Arjuna.
• He destroyed evil Kshatriyas 21 times and conquered whole earth . He donated the Earth to Rishi Kashyap.
• He through his Vishnu Teja saved the world from Brahmastra.
• The only warrior who could properly defeat him was Maryada Purushottam Prabhu Sri Ram.
• After being defeated by Kaushalyanandan's Vaishnavastra , Renukanandan transferred his Teja to him and blessed him with Saranga bow .
• His student list is incredible : Akritverma, Pravara, Mahamahim Bhishma, Dronacharya, Radheya Karna , Rukmi , Malaydhwaja Pandya. He is also going to train Kalki ji.
• As per Shiva Dhanurveda, Parshuramaji is foremost of Gurus .
• In his battle against Bhishma Pitahmah, he literally fired , thousands, then millions, then billions , and at last literally trillions of arrows.
• At the last days of his battle against Bhisma ji , Jagdamanya Ram was dominating the fight .
• Bhishma Pitahmah not knowing how to defeat Parshuramaji, prayed to devas and through Devas , he got Prashwapna astra , with which he could finally prevail over Bhargava Ram .

3# Ravana :

• Rāvaṇa has a lot of achivements some which are positive and others which are negative.
• Rāvaṇa conquered the Nāgas in a battle.
• Kubera ,the Lord of Yakṣas, accompanied with 60,000 warriors, was subdued by the might of Rāvaṇa and also stole his Puṣpaka Vimāna.
• Rāvaṇa killed his own brother-in-law Madhu, Kumbhīnasa's husband, another ruler of demons, in a duel.
• Rāvaṇa conquered and captured Takṣaka, Śankha, and Jaṭī when he conquered the Rasatala.
• Rāvaṇa subdued the Nivātakavacas after a year of battle. He was unable to kill them due to their boon.
• Rāvaṇa also defeated the sons of Varuṇa in a battle.
• Rāvaṇa also defeated Yama and his forces in a battle.
• Rāvaṇa also killed many Kṣatriyas including Rāma's ancestor Anāraṇya.
• Indra and the Dévas together were unable to subdue Rāvaṇa in a battle.
• Rāvaṇa lifted Kailāśa with Lord Śiva sitting on top. He killed those who were arrogant and shook the entire universe.
• Rāvaṇa had conquered all three worlds .
• Rāvaṇa also killed Jatayu.
• Rāvaṇa was physically powerful enough to have ability to lift Mountains such as Meru , Mandara and Himalaya , lift three lokas with Devas and exhaust Hanumana in physical duel.
• Rāvaṇa defeated Lakshman ji twice , once when Lakshmana fought him together with Vibhishana.
• Rāvaṇa defeated each Vanara general Sugriva . Jambavat , Nila etc., with the sole exception of Hanuman.
• Rāvaṇa through his Tamasastra killed crores of Vanaras.
• Rāvaṇa did most damage to Sri Rama’s army.

2# Hanumana :

• Hanuman ji was extremely powerful warrior in ramayana. Perhaps physically he was most powerful warrior in Ramayana.
• He was son of Vayu as per Valmiki Ramayan and Valmiki Ramayan addresses him only as Son of Vayu.
• Survived the Vajra of indra in childhood and traveled nearly 300 yojanaa towards sun.
• Was blessed With a boon of indestructibility by any divine missile by Brahma. Indra and Rama gave him boon of immortality.
• Killed the sea demoness Simhika.
• Conquered the city of Lanka which was herself in form of demoness.
• Killed the 80,000 Kinkara demons in the Lanka with iron rod.
• Killed Jambumali and 7 sons of Prahasta as well as several generals of Lanka.
• Killed son of Ravana Akshaya Kumar.
• Survived Infallible Brahmastra of Meghnad twice.
• Burnt the city of Lanka.
• Killed several demons like Dhumrakasha, Akampana, Devantaka, Trishira,Nikumbha and many others.
• Brought Sanjeevani Herbs twice;once healed whole vanara army and Rama and lakshman and second time for Lakshman.
• Defeated Ravana with a blow of his fist. It was so strong that ravana had blood coming out of his mouth and swooned.

1# Sri Rama :

• No one in the entire epics has ever fought fiercely like Sri Rama .
• In his youth , Sri Rama killed demons such a Tadaka , Subahu and his other warriors and defeated Maricha .
• Easily broke the Shiva Dhanusha to win Maa Sita and defeated Bhargava Parshurama.
• Killed Rakshasas like Viradha , Kabandha and Maricha .
• He destroyed 14000 rakshashas including Khara and Dushana, single handedly.When Rama was fighting, rakshasha could not even see Sri Rama, because of his swiftness in martial arts. So swift was Rama in fighting skill, that rakshhasha were confused and started to kill one another.One Rama appeared to be 1000, when rakshasha saw him because of his swiftness of killing. One moment they see Rama, one moment they get killed, such was their condition.
• When Indra’s son Jayanta(in crow form) in lust was pecking on Mata Sita,seeing his dear wife in pain Lord Rama threw the grass blade to Jayanta, turning it to Brahmastra.
• Such momentum he had, such force he had, that through one arrow he was able to tear 7 sal trees apart. Also tossed around Dundubhi’s corpse through his toe and fairly killed Vali.
• Sri Rama’s arrow made ocean tremble.
• Shri Rama defeated Ravana during their 1st encounter and spared his life.
• Rama and Lakshmana together wiped out 1/3rd army of rakhasas on day one completely at night time .
• Sri Rama singlehandedly killed ten thousand chariot warriors, eighteen thousand elephants, fourteen thousand horses and two lakhs foot soliders, in span of 3 hours.
• Sri Ram killed nearly invincible Rakshashas Ravana, Kumbhakarana and Makrasksha.

Jai Sri Rama .

Who are the top 10 warriors of Mahabharata only from Kaurava's side? How do you rank them without including Pandava warriors?

 We shall again go from the last to the first.

10) Susharma - King of Trigarta

• Defeated the whole army of Matsya and captured King Virata.
• Wounded and defeated Yudhishtira in battle but was quickly defeated by Bheem.
• Fought Arjuna on multiple occasions giving tough fights.
• Kept Arjuna busy for the 13th day, which in itself is a powerful deed.

9) Kripacharya - Despite being called an Atirathi, he has less feats in the Kurukshetra battle. This might be because of age but in my view he is a powerful warrior.

• He straight up defeated Dhrishtadyumna on the 17th day
• He defeated Shikhandini brutally on the 14th day
• He easily defeated Panchala prince Yudhamanyu.
• He killed the son of Shishupal, Suketu

8) Vrishasen - Among the sons of Karna, he was arguably the most powerful. He is a decent archer.

• He defeated the son of Nakula, Satanika on the 11th day
• He also defeated Nakula leaving him weaponless.
• He defeated all sons of Draupadi.
• He defeated king Virata of Matsya
• On the 14th day he defeated King Drupad and tied with Dhrishtadyumna

7) King Bhagadatta - The best among elephant riders.

• He absolutely defeated Bhima in battle and dominated him
• He defeated Yudhishtira easily with his entire army.
• He even made Satyaki retreat at one point.
• He defeated all sons of Draupadi and Yuyutsu and commanded his elephant to do mass destruction.

6) Kritaverma - A powerful Yadava commander.

• He single handedly defeated Bhima, Yudhishtira, Nakula, sons of Draupadi, Shikhandini and Ghatotkacha on the 14th day
• He defeated Bhima on the 18th day
• He defeated Yudhistira separately on the 14th day

5) Duryodhana - Eldest among Kauravas.

• He defeated Bhima in an archery duel on the 10th day and Abhimanyu and Ghatotkacha had to save him.
• He killed many demons of Ghatotkacha on the 14th day and countered a group attack.
• He killed a powerful Yadava commander Chekitana on the 18th day
• He defeated Nakula and Sahadeva together on the 18th day
• He single handedly countered Yudhishtir, Bhima, Nakula, Sahadeva on the 18th day.
• Krishna himself accepted that with the mace Duryodhan was almost invincible.

4) Ashwathama - Mighty son of Dronacharya

• On the first day itself he defeated Shikhandini
• He defeated Ghatotkacha multiple times and also killed the son of Ghatotkacha on the 14th day
• He killed many pandava warriors including the sons of Drupada- Suratha and Shrutanjaya on the 14th day
• He saved Karna’s life from Arjuna on the 14th day
• He released the Narayanastra and killed 1 akshauhini of the Pandav sena on the 15th day
• He killed another Akshauhini of the Pandav sena with the Agneyastra on the 15th day
• He defeated Yudhishtira, Dhrishtadyumna and Satyaki both on the 17th day
• He killed Nila on the 12th day

3) Bhishma

• single handedly defeated every single king in the swayamvar of amba, ambika and ambalika
• fought Bhagavan Parshuram himself to a tie.
• On the 10th day he defeated Yudhishtira, Bhima, Nakula, Sahadeva, Abhimanyu, Ghatotkacha, Satyaki, All sons of Draupadi, Shikhandini.
• On the 9th day he unleashed an entire carnage on the Pandava army and no one could stop him.
• On the 3rd day, Lord Krishna himself broke his vow and had decided to end Bhishma.

2) Suryaputra Karna

• Karna successfuly defeated Jarasandha and was about to rip him apart and kill him but after Jarasandha accepted defeat he let him go.
• Karna killed Ghatotkacha on the 14th day with his divine weapon.
• Karna defeated Bhima on the 14th day and spared his life due to his vow.
• Karna defeated both Yudhishtira and Sahadeva on the 14th day and humiliated them. He spared their life
• Karna defeated Dhrishtadyumna on the 15th day
• Karna defeated Satyaki, Dhrishtadyumna, all sons of Draupadi, Nakula, Sahadeva and Yudhishtira on the 16th day.
• Karna defeated the whole Pandava sena (Other than Arjuna) including yudhishtira, bhima, nakula, sahadeva on the 17th day and spared all of them.
• Karna gave the greatest ever battle to Arjuna on the 17th day.
• Karna destroyed 1.5 Akshauhini’s of the Pandava army.

1. Mahaguru Dronacharya - Undoubtedly the most powerful warrior from the Kaurava side.

• He was an absolute master of Maya. On the 15th day he created an entire illusionary river which flowed into the world of dead with literal beasts pouring out of it massacring the Pandava army.
• He killed King Virat, King Drupada, Kuntibhoja, Drishaketu and many prominent Pandava warriors on the 15th day.
• He defeated the entire army of Srinjayas and Somakas
• He was the only one to hold off Arjuna on the 14th day.
• He single handedly countered the armies of Satyaki, Bhima, Arjuna, Abhimanyu and he king of Kashi
• He single handedly defeated Satyaki, Shikhandini, Dhrishtadyumna and many other warriors single handedly causing great terror to the Pandavas.
• Drona defeated the whole Pandav sena lead by Bheema, Dhrishtadyumna, Satyaki, Shrutakarma, Drupada, Ghatotkacha, Shikhandini, Nakula and Sahadeva.
• Drona would have killed Dhrishtadyumna on the 15th day if satyaki had not come to his rescue
• Drona was equipped with all weapons he had recieved from Lord Parshuram and Lord Mahadeva himself.

Namo Narayana 🙏🏼🪔🌸

Hara Hara Mahadeva 🙏🏼🪔📿

Can Brahmins become warriors?

 

Can Brahmins become warriors?

Many Brahmins are legendary warriors.

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Admiral : Former chief of Naval Staff Admiral Dinesh Tripathi is a Brahmin.

Victoria Cross : Bhandari Ram , Victoria Cross winner during World War 2nd was a Brahmin.

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Ashok Chakra : First Indian cosmonaut Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma is a Brahmin.

Fact : Courage has more to do with mental toughness rather than caste or race.

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Who was a better warrior between Ghatotkacha and Ashwatthama?

 Let's see the feats of Ghatotkacha and Ashwatthama.

Feats of Ghatotkacha:

1. Ghatotkacha created the elephants Airavata, Anjana, Vamana and Mahapadma through his own maya to fight with Bhagadatta's elephant force on the 4th day.

2. Ghatotkacha defeated Bhagadatta in archery which made Kourava commander Bhishma to withdraw the Kourava army from the fight on the 4th day.

3. Ghatotkacha killed mighty demons like Alayudha and Jatasura.

4. Ghatotkacha invoked his maya and created countless powerful demons who decimated Duryodhana's forces.

5. Ghatotkacha fought to such an extent that Karna had no choice but to hurl Indra's spear which he preserved to kill Arjuna.

6. Ghatotkacha assumed a gigantic form and fell upon one Akshauhini of Kourava soilders killing them parallelly with ending his own life.

Feats of Ashwatthama:

1. Possessed the knowledge of lethal celestial weapons like Brahmashira and Narayanastra.

2. Possessed the ability to invoke weapons through mind, air or tiny objects like a blade of grass.

3. The only warrior who fought Arjuna to stalemate in Virat war.

4. Defeated Yudhishthira, Bhima, Satyaki and Dhristadyumna multiple times.

5. Killed one Akshauhini of Ghatotkacha's soilders on the 14th night.

6. Killed Ghatotkacha's son Anjanaparva.

7. Defeated Ghatotkacha in archery.

8. Killed innumerable Pandava soilders by invoking Narayanastra on the 15th day.

9. Killed one Akshauhini of Pandava soilders by firing Agneya missile on the 15th day.

10. Killed great Pandava warriors like Nila and Malayadwaja.

11. Rescued Karna from Arjuna three times in Kurukshetra war.

12. Became invincible when Lord Shiva entered his body thus helping him to decimate the remaining soilders of the Pandava camp.

Now come to the prowess of Ghatotkacha and Ashwatthama.

Ghatotkacha being a demon was surely superior in strength as compared to mortal warriors. As we saw in the Mahabharata, Ghatotkacha's strength increased in twilight and eventually he became invincible in the night. Ghatotkacha put up a good fight with Bhagadatta on the 4th day. Ghatotkacha had the ability to invoke great maya and create creatures like beasts, demons, ghosts, goblins, serpents and sharks to confound the enemy. The best time for any warrior to fight with Ghatotkacha was in broad daylight.

Ashwatthama always sought the welfare of the Pandavas and didn't fight to his full potential until the 15th day. Even though he fought mildly, Ashwatthama had some great feats and repeatedly proved himself a warrior of highest class. In the knowledge of celestial weapons, no one was close to Ashwatthama barring Arjuna. From putting up some great fights with Arjuna to annihilating two Akshauhinis of Pandava forces, Ashwatthama was the achiever of some extraordinary feats. And when Lord Shiva entered his body, he was absolutely invincible armed with a scimitar. Realising the true potential of Ashwatthama, even Lord Krishna had to depart from the Pandava camp taking the five Pandava brothers along with him. After arriving in the Pandava camp, Ashwatthama single-handedly wiped out all the remaining warriors.

After the war was over, Duryodhana lamented in death bed that he made the mistake of not making Ashwatthama as his commander immediately after Dronacharya's death. Duryodhana realised angered at Dronacharya's death, Ashwatthama could have single-handedly wiped out the Pandava army.

Inspite of being a mortal warrior, Ashwatthama was afterall the partial incarnation of Lord Shiva. A genius in the art of divine weapons, Ashwatthama defeated foremost Pandava warriors like Bhima and Satyaki. Ashwatthama also defeated Ghatotkacha on the 14th night. Inspite of repeatedly trying in diverse ways, Ghatotkacha was unable to confound Ashwatthama with maya. Ashwatthama destroyed all of Ghatotkacha's illusions with his celestial weapons. Therefore, Ghaotkacha had to abandon the fight with Ashwatthama and proceed for Karna's direction instead.

Ashwatthama was a greater warrior than Ghatotkacha.