Srimad Bhagavatam — Dashama Skandha, Shloka 43
Yudhiṣṭhira’s Rājasūya Resolve and the Slaying of Jarāsandha
एकं पादं पदाक्रम्य दोर्भ्यामन्यं प्रगृह्य स: । गुदत: पाटयामास शाखमिव महागज: ॥ ४३ ॥
ekam pādaṁ padākramya dorbhyām anyaṁ pragṛhya saḥ gudataḥ pāṭayām āsa śākham iva mahā-gajaḥ
Bhīma pressed down on one leg with his foot while grabbing Jarāsandha’s other leg in his hands, and just as a great elephant might break the branch of a tree, Bhīma tore Jarāsandha apart from the anus upward.
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In Canto 10, Chapter 72, Bhīma defeats Jarāsandha in combat and tears him apart by force, splitting him upward from the anus, likened to an elephant breaking a branch.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates this event to King Parīkṣit as part of Kṛṣṇa’s līlā and the freeing of the imprisoned kings.
It highlights that destructive tyranny must be opposed through righteous means and wise strategy, and that strength should be guided by dharma rather than ego.