Bhima
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In the Mahabharata, Bhima (Sanskrit: भीम, IAST: Bhīma) was the second of the Pandava brothers. He was son of Kunti by Vayu, but like the other brothers, he was acknowledged son by Pandu . He was distinguished from his brothers by his great stature and strength.
He lived for a time in hiding with his brothers during their first exile. In this period, he came across Hidimba and Hidimbi, a rakshasha brother and sister. Because of the enmity of the rakshasha to the people of the Kuru kingdom, Hidimba asked Hidimbi to lure Bhima to a trap. However, Bhima and Hidimbi were attracted to each other. Bhima fought and killed Hidimba, and lived for a year in the forest with Hidimbi, by whom he had a son, Ghatotkacha.
With his brothers, he was married to Draupadi. After the first return of the Pandavas to the Kuru lands, he challenged the king of Magadha, Jarasandha, to a wrestling bout and killed him, thus making it possible for his brothers to take part in the Rajsuya Yajna.
He was furious when the game of dice between his brother and king Yudhisthira ,and Duryodhana reached its final stages. But when Dushasana attempted to strip Draupadi in the court, he swore that he would kill him one day and drink his blood.
During the second exile of the Pandavas, he visited Alakapuri and was blessed by Kubera. At the end of their exile at the court of Virata, he disguised himself and acted as a palace cook.
In the great battle of Kurukshetra, he fought and killed Dushasana, defeated mighty Dronacharya by breaking his chariot eight times while Arjuna was trying to find and kill Jayadratha, defeated and forced the powerful Karna to withdraw from battle in four pitched battles while Karna was trying to save the remaining brothers of Duryodhan. During the battle, he killed the elephant called Ashvatthama, which enabled the Pandavas to spread the falsehood that Ashvatthama son of Drona, had been killed. At the end of the battle, he also fatally wounded Duryodhana in a duel, after striking him a foul blow below the waist. At this time, Balarama criticised Bhima for the foul blow, but was calmed down by Krishna.
He finished his days with his brothers and Draupadi, on their great and final journey toward Vaikunta. He was the last to die on the journey, leaving Yudhisthira alone to complete the journey by himself.
[edit] References
- ^ Vettam Mani; Puranic Encyclopaedia
- ^ http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/iml/
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it:Bhima jv:Bima kn:ಭೀಮಸೇನ ml:ഭീമന് ja:ビーマ pl:Bhima sv:Bhima ta:பீமன் te:భీమసేనుడు ur:بھیم Two characters in Hindu "Mythology" are great cooks. One is Bhima and the other is Nala. Bhima is said to have "cooked" up the famous dish "Aviyal". Bhima had a great mind. He is supposed to have terrific mind control and superhuman strength. Five people were destined to fight each other and only one among them was fated to live singly till the last. They are Duryodhana, Bhima, Jarasandha, Keechaka and Bakasura. Bhima finished the rest off. "May we contemplate on the great warrior like Bhima who was a brother of Maruthi and live worthy lives"!
