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opponent, but only against a powerful, a-human enemy (amanusa satru) (I.123.74-75) (III.41.7-8). According to another tradition Dro峁嘺 taught it to Arjuna and Asvathama who used it recklessly without knowing how to withdraw it. Arjuna had to repeal it on his behalf (V.15.23). The power of the astra lay in discharging, all at once, a 1000 sulas, gadas and arrows, probably smeared with a deadly poison since they are compared to poisonous snakes (asivi峁�akara) (III.41.15). No opponent could possibly bear this savage onslaught. On the other hand, when the Epic says that Asvatthama did not know how to take back the astra, it simply means that he did not know how to combat the equally savage response it must invoke from the opposing side. Able only to attack, but powerless to defend, the very purpose of the astra would be defeated. 2. Narayanastra: another dreaded astral consisted of every possible weapon in the Mbh arsenal, all coming down in a mad shower of hundreds and thousands. The best way to combat it was to lay down one's weapons, step down from the car, and on the whole, stop retaliating altogether. This is exactly what the Pandava army did at the behest of Krsna when Asvatthama used the astra against them as an almost last major offensive from the Kaurava side. Bhima alone relented, unable to bear the insult of 522