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I thought the Brahmastra was the strongest weapon in the Mahabharata. It was said that two Brahmastra's colliding would be a cataclysm on the level of Mahāpralaya, completely destroying the world.
Vijaya may have always granted Victory(even though it failed him against Arjuna), I don't it being described as absolute or all-powerful at any point. And that bow had nothing to do with Shiva, I it being made for Indra and then being given to Karna's teacher, before eventually being given to Karna.
Also, since Gandiva was made by or powered by Brahma, as were Brahmastras, it is typically considered stronger than Vijaya.
Mind you, it's been 15 years, so I could be mising things.
Reply to: True Princess Arcueid
Did Karna not destroy Brahmastra deploy by Arjuna using only normal arrows from Vijaya? Also, i Arjuna failing when he tried to do the same thing. That's why i think Vijaya is stronger than Brahmastra since normal arrows fired from it destroyed the Brahmastra
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I can't say rather it did or didn't, I don't ... Like I said, I'm working off memory. Haven't read the Mahabharata in 15 years.
I know Arjuna used Brahmastra, Karna nullified it somehow, and then Arjuna used a high Brahmastra- and Karna fired thousands of arrows. I don't know if it was in defense or if it was after the high Brahmastra hit, and was a counterattack.
But, to my recollection, it was never explicitly stated that either Arjuna or Karna ever tried using normal arrows to stop a Brahmastra. And if they did, I would imagine it took multiple arrows, so Karna succeeding could be explained by a difference in distance. He could've simply had more time to shoot arrows before the Brahmastra reached him.