[Drugmachine]

Hi !

I dont know whether this posting is relevant here.. But the name "Aswathama" made me recollect about a description from the novel of popular marathi writer V.S.Kandekar.(in his novel Amudhakkodi.....of course I read it only in tamil).

There he describes Aswathama as the sole representative of mankind..

Why ?

He has been devoid of mother's love.. no milk.. only flour mixed in water..
Nothing from his famour father DronA... Though his father loved him.. his best pupil was Arjuna only
No good friends... Duryodhana gave Anga desh to Karna but nothing to Aswathama
No marriage or wife...
No speacial positions in Kurukshetra war also..
Duryodhana made him "Senapathi" after he lost everything in the battlefield.. A senapathi without Sena !
Even then Aswathama killed the upa pAndavAs and took revenge.
With his name even Yudhistra told his only lie ! ( of his lifetime)

He lost even the jewel from his head, which will give him eternal pain and a bloody hole...

There is only one way to escape from all the problems of life.. DEATH..
But he is a Chiranjeevi and fate closed even that door for him..
So, even today he is roaming with a bloody head and pain with no end to his sorrows... searching for something.. which may or may not occur..

Likewise, every human being in this world is having eternal pain inside and searching for a solace..

So.. Ashwathama is the real representative of human being in Mahabaratha..

(I am not a good writer.. I just try to recollect it..If somebody knows more about this may plz post it)

thanks