Barbarika was son of Ghatotkacha and grand son of Bhima. Every time someone tell me about Barbarika being grandson of Bhima, I use to get confused that how come Bhima have grandson so early. I read about it and found out that in Rakshas(Demon) clan the child attain adulthood within short period of time. And since mother of ghatotkacha was Hidimba, a rakshasi(female demon), he got her genes and grown up in short span of time.The same case being with his son Barbarika . When Barbarika heard the news of beginning of the great war, he decided to participate in the war . When he reached kurushetra(the battle field of mahabharata) Krishna asked him how many days would he take to finish mahabharata. He replied one hour . "But u have only 3 arrows, are they enough to finish the war" Krishna asked. "My Lord i need only three arrows , one for enquiring the field , second to fix the position of target and third to kill the enemies" replied Barbarika. To test his clai...
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