Shloka 76
अर्जुनागमनम्
Arjuna’s Arrival and Reunion on the Sacred Mountain
शासन सतत चक्रुस्तथैव भरतर्षभा: । वैशम्पायनजीने कहा--राजन्! अप्रतिम तेजस्वी आर्डिषिणका यह अपने लिये हितकर वचन सुनकर भरतकुल-भूषण पाण्डवोंने सदा उनके आदेशका उसी प्रकार पालन किया,हत्वा रक्ष: क्षितिं प्राप्प कृत्येव निपषात ह | त॑ राक्षसं भीमबलं भीमसेनेन पातितम् वह गदा उस राक्षसके प्राण लेकर भूमिपर मूर्तिमती कृत्याके समान गिर पड़ी। भीमसेनके द्वारा मारे गये उस भयानक शक्तिशाली राक्षसको सब प्राणियोंने प्रत्यक्ष देखा, मानो सिंहने किसी साँड़को मार गिराया हो। उसे मरकर पृथ्वीपर गिरा देख मरनेसे बचे हुए निशाचर भयंकर आर्तनाद करते हुए पूर्व दिशाकी ओर भाग चले
vaiśampāyana uvāca | śāsanaṃ satataṃ cakrus tathaiva bharatarṣabhāḥ | hatvā rakṣaḥ kṣitiṃ prāpya kṛtyeva nipapāta ha | taṃ rākṣasaṃ bhīmabalaṃ bhīmasenena pātitam |
Vaiśampāyana said: O bull-like heroes of the Bharata line, the Pāṇḍavas continually carried out his command just as instructed. Having slain the rākṣasa, they regained safety on the earth; and that demon, struck down by Bhīmasena, fell to the ground like a manifested Kṛtyā (a conjured destructive force). All beings saw that dreadful, immensely powerful rākṣasa felled by Bhīma, as though a lion had brought down a bull. Seeing him dead upon the earth, the surviving night-roamers raised a terrifying cry and fled toward the eastern quarter.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Righteous strength is shown as protective and disciplined: the Pāṇḍavas act in obedience to proper instruction (śāsana) and use force to remove a violent threat. The episode frames martial power as ethically justified when it restores safety and restrains destructive beings.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that the Pāṇḍavas follow the given command, Bhīmasena strikes down a terrifying, powerful rākṣasa (likened to a Kṛtyā falling), and the remaining night-roamers flee eastward in panic after witnessing the demon’s death.