Shloka 27
Saṃvaraṇa–Tapatī Vivāhaḥ (The Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa and Tapatī) — Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva 163
सव्येन च कटीदेशे गृह वाससि पाण्डव: । तद् रक्षो द्विगुणं चक्रे रुवन्तं भैरवं रवम्
savyena ca kaṭīdeśe gṛhya vāsasi pāṇḍavaḥ | tad rakṣo dviguṇaṃ cakre ruvantaṃ bhairavaṃ ravam ||
Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Gripping the demon by the cloth at his waist with his left hand, the Pāṇḍava pressed down upon his back with his knee and seized his neck with his right hand. With overpowering force he bent the rākṣasa double, while the creature screamed in a terrifying roar.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Strength is portrayed as legitimate when used to restrain destructive forces and protect dharma; the hero’s physical power functions as a moral instrument against predatory violence.
A Pāṇḍava overpowers a rākṣasa in close combat—grabbing the waist-cloth, pinning the back with a knee, seizing the neck, and bending the demon double as it cries out in a dreadful roar.