He prayed to Vayu and idolized his brother Hanuman. īhima, being as powerful as his father Vayu and was very happy that Vayu deva was his father because he was very affectionate towards him, he would get to have a lot of strength as he was born because of the blessings of Vayu and that Hanuman would be his celestial brothers as both of them are Vayu's children. īhima was also renowned for his giant appetite – at times, half of the total food consumed by the Pandavas was eaten by him. He was so wrathful and strong that it was impossible to even for Indra to subdue him in a battle. Bhima's strong point throughout the epic remains his towering strength. Specifically, he became a master in using the mace. Īlong with other Pandava brothers, Bhima was trained in religion, science, administration and military arts by the Kuru preceptors, Kripa and Drona. Bhima also has ability to fly like his half-brother Hanuman. He was considered to have the physical strength of 10,000 elephants approximately. During the Kurukshetra War, Bhima alone killed a hundred Kaurava brothers in the Kurukshetra war. He also killed the general of the kingdom, Kichaka, as he tried to molest Draupadi. There Bhima disguised himself as a cook named Vallabha. For incognito, the Pandavas chose the Matsya Kingdom to hide. During their exile, Bhima met his spiritual brother, Lord Hanuman. The Pandavas along with their wife, Draupadi, were sent into exile for thirteen years. Later Yudhishthira was invited by Duryodhana to play a game of dice, in which he lost. Ghatotkacha, Sutasoma and Savarga were his three sons.Īfter the brothers founded the city of Indraprastha, Bhima went to Magadha and killed its mighty ruler, Jarasandha.
Bhima had three wives - Hidimbi, the Rakshasi sister of Hidimba, Draupadi, who was married to five Pandavas because of Kunti's misunderstanding, and Valandhara, a princess of Kashi Kingdom. During this period Bhima slew many Rakshasa including Bakasura and Hidimba. Bhima was rescued by Nāgas and was given a drink which made him very strong and immune to all venom.Īfter the event of Lakshagriha, the Pandavas and their mother decided to hide from Hastinapura.
One was by poisoning and throwing Bhima into a river. Duryodhana and his uncle, Shakuni, tried to kill Bhima multiple times.
From his childhood, Bhima had a rivalry with his cousins Kauravas, especially Duryodhana. After the death of Pandu and Madri, Kunti with her sons stayed in Hastinapura. Bhima was born when Vayu, the wind god, granted a son to Kunti and Pandu. The Mahabharata relates many events that portray the might of Bhima. In Hindu epic Mahabharata, Bhima ( Sanskrit: भीम, IAST: Bhīma) is the second among the five Pandavas.
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