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Metaphysically, Gandiva is the “bow of self-control.” With it Arjuna was equipped for victory over “the sense soldiers of the blind king Mind.” “Charioteered by God, he must rally the army of emperor Discrimination with its forces of virtue and its allies of spiritual perception.” (Paramahansa Yogananda-ji’s commentary on XVIII:78)
The bow is offered to him by Parashurama, the previous incarnation of Vishnu. In the Ramayana, Parashurama, the Brahmin warrior who is famously the scourge of Kshatriyas, regales the tale of the bow. Vishvakarma creates the bows of Pinaka and Sharanga to settle the question of the superiority of the deities Vishnu and Shiva. Vishnu is ...
The bow was worshiped by Devas, Gandharvas and Danavas. No person other than Arjuna could wield the Gandiva and Arjuna was wielder of Gandiva then he came to be known as gandivdhari (carrier of gandiva bow). Sabdavedastra: Prevents an opponent from turning invisible. Used by Arjuna against Gandharva king Chitrasena.
In the Mahabharata, Karna also talks about the special bow: [4] My bow, called Vijaya, is the foremost of all weapons (of its kind). Desirous of doing what was agreeable (to Indra), it was made by Vishakarman (the celestial artificer) for Indra. With that bow, O king, Indra had vanquished the Daityas.
Arjuna Sets Kama's Arrow Alight, folio from the Razmnama (Book of War) Arjuna spent the last year of exile as a eunuch named Brihannala at King Virata’s Matsya Kingdom. He taught singing and dancing to the princess Uttarā. After Kichaka humiliated and tried to molest Draupadi, Arjuna consoled her and Bhima killed Kichaka.
However, Arjuna counters, snapping Srutayudha's bow. Filled with wrath at Krishna as Srutayudha was Jarasandha ally, Srutayudha hurls his mace at Krishna who received that mace. As per the conditions described by Varuna , the mace boomerangs back on Srutayudha killing him.
[4] [5] The Charanavyuha, authored by Shaunaka, mentions four upaveda (applied Vedas). [6] Included among them are archery (dhanurveda) and military sciences (shastrashastra), [4] [5] the mastery of which was the duty (dharma) of the warrior class. Kings usually belonged to the kshatriya (warrior) class and thus served as army commanders. They ...
Bhishma's birth and youth are mainly narrated in the Adi Parva book of the epic. He was the only surviving son of Shantanu, a king belonging to the lunar dynasty, and his first wife Ganga, a river goddess. It is believed that he was the avatar of a Vasu named Dyu, alias Prabhasa. [7]