[Advaita-l] Fwd: It was Harihara Murti that did all the slaying in the Mahabharata battle - Skanda purana

[V Subrahmanian]

In this chapter Bhima's grandson Barbarika recounts a wonderful scene he
had witnessed:
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Yudhishthira says to Lord Krishna: We won the war by your grace. Bhima
disagreed and asked, 'How can you say this leaving me, Arjuna,
Dhrishtadyumna, Satyaki - all of us who had actually done the slaying?':
युधिष्ठिरो ज्ञातिमध्ये गोविंदं समभाषत ।।
पुरुषोत्तम संग्रामममुं संतारिता वयम् ।। ८२ ।।
त्वयैव नाथेन हरे नमस्ते पुरुषोत्तम ।।
श्रुत्वा तस्यापि सासूयमिदं भीमो वचोऽब्रवीत् ।। ८३ ।।
येन ध्वस्ता धार्तराष्ट्रास्तं निराकृत्य मां नृप ।।
पुरुषोत्तमं कृष्णमिति ब्रवीषि किमु मूढवत् ।। ८४ ।।
धृष्टद्युम्नं फाल्गुनं च सात्यकिं मां च पांडव ।।
निराकृत्य ब्रवीष्येव सूतं धिक्त्वा युधिष्ठिर ।। ८५ ।।
Then Arjuna says: Not so Bhima, you do not know the glory of Sri Hari. It
was not we who killed the enemies I saw a wonderful figure on the
battlefield. I know not who he is. He is the one that killed them all:
।। अर्जुन उवाच ।। ।।
मैवं मैवं ब्रूहि भीम न त्वं वेत्सि जनार्दनम् ।।
न मया न त्वया पार्थ नान्येनाप्यरयो हताः ।। ८६ ।।
अहं हि सर्वदाग्रस्थं नरं पश्यामि संयुगे ।।
निघ्नंतं शात्रवांस्तत्र न जाने कोऽप्यसाविति ।। ८७ ।।
Bhima replied: Not so Arjuna. No one else killed them all. Barbarika, was
witnessing everything. Let's ask him:

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