00:00You hold three arrows that can end a war in a breath, whose side will you choose?
00:05Imagine mastering alone the skill you were forbidden.
00:08Barbarika, grandson of Bhima, wrote to Kurukshetra bearing Shiva's three infallible arrows.
00:14The Skanda Purana records his vow, fight for the side that is losing.
00:18He saw both sides equal, each believing victory already theirs.
00:22Think about the power to end a battle before it truly begins.
00:26Krishna, disguised as a humble Brahmin, approached Barbarika with a strange request.
00:31Give me your head as Guru Dakshina, said the Brahmin, smiling.
00:36Ask yourself, would you part with your most prized skill to keep peace?
00:40Barbarika laughed, drew his blade and said, take it, I keep my promise.
00:46He placed the head on a hill overlooking the field, then stepped back.
00:51Krishna revealed himself, blessed the head and promised it would be worshipped.
00:56After the war, the head sang praises and devotees named it Khatusha.
00:59He gave his head to stop the war.
01:02What will you give up for peace?
01:04Today his head is worshipped as Khatusha in Rajasthan.
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