Greatest Debate-who was the most powerfull warrior in MB - Page 13

Originally posted by: Medha.S

But he still mourns ... perhaps he mourns more for his elder brothers death, doesn't mean he did not mourn for the son of the younger brother.

Originally posted by: -Shruti

Amar Chitra Katha is their main source along with KMG translation.

So is Geeta press' translation

for me its more tough choice because like in cricket match there are few really strong teams, and have their own fair share of victories and defeats! so saying oh this team is not better than that team because it won,or was playing on home ground had its advantage or some luck factor contributed or was unlucky does undermine that team caliber! in the end of day we support our fav team and that's strongest for us!

Originally posted by: Medha.S

But he still mourns ... perhaps he mourns more for his elder brothers death, doesn't mean he did not mourn for the son of the younger brother.

Originally posted by: -Shruti

Now coming back to the topic, my answer will remain unchanged, unmoved. BHEESHM!

Originally posted by: TheWatcher

-Bhishma laying down his weapons completely.

This isn't a myth completely. They must have wanted to shorten the war sequence and hence they didn't show that Shikhandi wasn't present on Arjuna's chariot whole day. But they didn't show him laying down his weapons completely. He continued attacking others.

Moreover,why are we discussing only the archers - Bheeshma,Arjuna,Karna and Abhimanyu?Cannot a mace fighter or a sword fighter be more powerful than these archers?????😕

Its partially a myth, aint it?. Most people have this misconception that after seeing Sikhandi, Bhishma laid down all his weapons while Arjuna attacked the weaponless Bhishma.

Bhishma too attacked Arjuna " Bhishma, the valiant son of Santanu, as if for the object of consuming the Pandavas, hurled a dart at Partha. Partha, however, caused that dart to drop down"

Sikhandi was on Arjuna's chariot the whole day, still Bhishma attacked Arjuna.

@LeadNitrate- I think all of us follow same MB which u read... its just that perspectives of looking at it differs... and it depends more on which character we kind of relate more with... We tend to look more at their perspectives than other.As I told Diala...my choice of greatest warrior is more owing to my biasness .. That doesnt mean I am correct... that states my opinion.. i m not really sure if they are greatest of all... as there isnt one parameter to judge these characters... Everyone was good in their own areas..with their own advantages/disadvantages... You cant compare Bheem in wrestling with Karna..similarly you cant compare Karna in archery with Bheema... similarly ..for Arjun, Karna n Bheeshma in archery.. you cant compare them.. since they had their own plus n minuses...for me even Abhimanyu is in their league .. but I really dont know if there was ever a fair competition between all of them... may be we wud have a winner...

Also,if Arjuna had his Gandiva and Krishna for his help; Karna also did have his own celestial bow and Kavacha-Kundalas!!And they also have their respective weapons...