Ashwatthama and Yeti

According to Mahabharata, Ashwatthama was a warrior, who fought from the side of Kauravas in the battle of Kurukshetra.    

 And Yeti is a mysterious  creature, also known as snow man migoi, big foot, skunk ape, orang and many more names. It is said he lives in The Himalayas.

These two may seem completely different from each other, but a part of Mahabharata, quite relates them. Which part I am talking about, well here it is-

Ashwatthama was the son of Guru Dronacharya and also the avatar of one of the eight Rudras of Lord Shiva. Ashwatthama was born with a gem in his forehead, which protected him in battle of Kurukshetra and he was left alive. But in the anger of taking revenge of death of his father Guru Drona, friend  Duryodhan and others, he tried to kill the son of Abhimanyu by aiming a Brahmastra at Uttara’s womb (Uttara= wife of Abhimanyu). Lord Krishna stopped the Brahmastra and saved the child; Bheem (one of the 5 Pandav brothers) almost killed Ashwatthama by beating him and removed the gem from his forehead with bare heads.  Lord Krishna stopped Bheem and then placed a curse on Ashwatthama that “He will carry the burden of all people’s sins on his shoulder and will roam alone like a ghost without getting any love and courtesy till the end of Kaliyuga; He will have neither any hospitality nor any accommodation; He will be in total isolation from mankind and society; His body will suffer from a host of  incurable diseases forming sore and ulcer that would never heal”.

In Mahabharata, even the death of Lord Krishna is mentioned but Ashwatthama, according this epic is still alive. There are possibilities that the mysterious creature Yeti is none other than the Ashwatthama, but it is quite impossible to prove this prediction true as only Yeti can tell the truth.

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