Is the Brahmastra Brahma’s weapon? Why is it considered so special?

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one last question Hare Krishna question is the Brahmastra the weapon of Brahma if not why is it so called answer Brahmastra is not the weapon of Brahma it is the weapon given by Brahma Brahmaji is a Brahmana and Brahmanas don’t use weapons so Brahma within the Vedic cosmology within the Vedic cosmos there are different layers and Brahmaji lives in the highest abode is called as Satyaloka but it is also called as Brahmaloka now what the Brahmaloka is sometimes also used to refer to the abode of Brahman that means the spiritual world so Brahmalokam Agachanti that soul goes to Brahmaloka so you have to look at the context to see what is it referring to is it referring to the abode of Brahma or is it referring to the spiritual world so Brahmastra it is in the upper parts of the universe in Brahmaloka and Tapaloka there the residents who live are also more spiritually evolved and therefore they have more Brahmanical inclinations the Devatas who reside in the Svargaloka Indra and others they are by disposition and by action quintessentially Kshatriyas so Indra is a Kshatriya he is the quintessential Kshatriya he enjoys royal opulence and he is aggressively he fights to maintain his rights and his power and his kingdom Brahmaji plays more the role of a counselor and guide in the universal administration so just as Vishwaprabhupada was asked if there is a Krishna conscious government would you become the head he said no I will become the advisor of the head I will become a Brahmana so Brahmaji is like that Brahmaji is an advisor he is in one sense like a spiritual leader of all the Devatas also and that’s why when there is extreme crisis for the normal Brahmanical operation of the Svargaloka Brihaspati is their guide but when there is severe emergency at that time Devatas go to Brahmaji so now Brahmaji definitely has extraordinary powers and if sometimes he is if he is pleased by austerities he can give this weapon called as the Brahmastra so just as Brahmanas can give powers to Kshatriyas although the Brahmanas themselves don’t use those powers because they are connected with the higher power of the Supreme Lord they have the capacity to give that power just as the Brahmanas though they don’t use weapons can give weapons similarly Brahmaji though he doesn’t use weapons he can give weapons now higher than the Brahmastra according to some sources the stronger than the Brahmastra is called as the Brahmashira Brahmashira is actually a weapon that is four times more powerful than Brahmastra and Arjuna and Ashwathama actually they discharge this Brahmashira. Brahmashira is actually something which is very rarely available now according to some other sources Brahmashira and Brahmastra are the same thing technically there will be a difference but generally both are weapons which are bestowed through the arrangement of Brahmaji so it’s called Brahmastra because it is given by Brahma but we will very rarely if ever see Brahmaji directly entering into a war where Brahmaji takes the side of Devatas and fights with Asuras that’s very rare. Generally Brahmaji is more like a Brahmana and Devatas when they face reversals in their war they go to Brahmaji Brahmaji acts as the via media who appeals to Vishnu and thereafter the incarnations come of course on a very few emergency occasions or special situations Brahmaji may also be involved in the confrontation but that is rare.
Now the Brahmastra ultimately because Brahmaji is a material person so Brahmastra is also considered to be a material weapon but it is in some cases because it is the strongest among all the weapons among the material among the weapons that are possessed by the various material person individuals in the world powerful individuals in the world so sometimes in some situations the Brahmastra may also be referred to as spiritual that is not in a technical sense it’s not made of Satchitananda it is not directly connected with Supreme Lord but in the sense sometimes the word spiritual is used to in contradiction with everything else just as spiritual is more powerful than the material so the Brahmastra is far more powerful than other weapons and in that sense it may be used but in general Brahmastra is considered to be the most powerful among all the weapons that the Devatas can bestow and that weapon is to be used extremely carefully especially if two Brahmastras collide that can cause massive universal devastation and that was what was happening at the time of the post Mahabharata war scenario when Arjuna and Ashwatthama were both using their Brahmastra and that’s why it’s an emergency and Arjuna had to Arjuna withdrew his Brahmastra at that time so overall because it is a weapon bestowed by Brahmaji that’s why it’s called Brahmastra. Thank you. Hare Krishna