The Most Powerful Warrior in the Kurukshetra War!

I was curious about Barbaric story and forund this article...i really did not know this story 😛

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In Mahabharata forums often people ask, "Who according to you was the most powerful warrior in the Kurukshetra war?" While, Karna is my instant reply since he was an all rounder with various combats - bow and arrow, mace, sword and spear, the one name I cannot miss to mention is Ghatotkacha.

The reason? Well to begin with - Let me first tell you a small story which has become one of the oral stories that has been passed on from ages by the ancestors.

Lord Krishna during the Mahabharata war asked people, "How many days would they take to finish this Kurukshetra war?"

Many of the Maharathis gave their answers. The best answers came from three people in this order - Bheeshma, Karna and Ghatotkacha.

When Krishna asked Bheeshma Pitama, he replied he would take 3 days. Next was Karna, he replied he would take just a day.

In the end Krishna asked Ghatotkacha, "In how many days can you finish this Mahabharta?" At once the son of Bheem and Hidimba replied, "Days? I can end the entire war in just 3 arrows?"

Lord Krishna was surprised. He asked how?

Ghatotkacha replied, "With the first arrow I shall kill the entire Kauravas army, with the second the entire army of Pandavas. And with the last, ...He then smiled..."

"With the last, what?" Krishna asked

"Well with the last arrow I shall kill you by hitting the arrow right beneath the thumb of your leg."

While, one may wonder why was Ghatotkacha being over confident, the truth lies in the fact that he was not being over confident. He was indeed that powerful - A strong warrior in the Kurukshetra war whose skill, strength, might and the ability of destruction ultimately saved the Pandavas!

If you check Wikipedia, this story is mentioned wrt Barbarika, that is Ghatotkacha's son and not Ghatotkacha. However, this story doesn't find any mention in texts, it is an oral story which family in North India tells including mine as mentioned above. I have no idea who has written the story there, but I can surely affirm you, the story is on Ghatotkacha and not Barbarika as mentioned in Wikipedia which has not cited any source.

I've no confirm source...but even before it was shown in Suryaputra Karn... I had heard about this story...and it mentioned barbarik only.

Even I have heard it as Ghatochkach's story.