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My thanks to MR. K M ganugli for translating the mahabharat which is available freely online.
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Bhisma classifies people form both sides as maharathi, atirathi and ratha warriors, the literal
meanings are ratha means a car warrior, atiratha means a car-warrior capable of fighting at
one time with sixty thousand foes and maharatha means a great car warrior. It is hard to tell
which is greater atiratha or maharatha. But i think atiratha has the same meaning as
maharatha, reasons are at the bottom of the text
Kaurava side
Maharathas
Drona
Aswathaman
Vrishasena
Satyavan
Alambhusha
Bhagadatta
Atirathas
Kritivarman
Salya
Bhrusivas
2 rathas
Jayadrathan
Rathas
100 Kauravas
Sudakishna
Vinda
Anuvinda
Nila
Laksmana
Dussana's son
Dandadhara
Vrihadvala
Sakuni
Jalasandha
achala
vrisha
Then karna is first called by bheesma as half a ratha , but on his bed of arrows bheesma calls
karna as equal to 2 maharathas and also says that karna is equal to arjuna or Krishna in terms
of strength , vyasa calls him an athiratha too
Pandavas side
Maharathas *
satyaki
abhimanyu
Virata
Drupada
Dhrishtaketu
Dhridadhanwan
Rochamana
Ghatotkacha
Draupadi 5 sons
Aja
Bhoja
Vardhakshemi
Atirathas
Dhristadhyumna
Srenimat
king Vasudeva
Kuntibhoja
8 rathas
bheema
rathas
Yuddi
nakul
sahadeva
Yudhamanyu
Sikhandin
Kshattradeva
Chitrayudha
Chandrasena
Kasya
Pandya
uttra
Uttamaujas
Vyaghradatta
Half ratha
Kshattradharman
Then arjuna is not classified by bhisma, but bhisma said that arjuna is great .But arjuna is
called as atiratha by vyasa
Also a warrior called Senavindu is said equal to bheema ,he is not classified too
Complied
by
Gandherva
* I don’t know why bheesma classified many as maharathi’s from pandavas side
# two times satyajit name is mentioned by bheesma , both correspond to the same person
satyajit son of draupada who was killed by drona .
Reasons for thinking athiratha and maharatha as same
1)This process of classification is called in KMG as "numbering the Rathis and Atirathas." and
not as "numbering the Rathis,maharathas and Atirathas",There is no separate class maharatha
is mentioned here
2)Then duryodhana addresses bheesma as "O Kaurava, to know who amongst all the warriors
of the foe and my own are to be counted as Rathas and who Atirathas." here also maharatha is
left ,this may mean that there are only two classifications Rathas and Atirathas
3)Drona who is called as maharatha by bheesma , then drona is also called as athiratha by vyasa
4)abhimanyu who is called as maharatha by bheesma , then abhimanyu is also called as atiratha
by vyasa
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