Shloka 13
प्रावृट्-शरत्-वर्णनम् — Description of the Monsoon and Autumn; Sarasvatī in the Pāṇḍavas’ Exile
मृगाणां स वराहाणां महिषाणां महाभुज: विनिष्नंस्तत्र तत्रेव भीमो भीमपराक्रम:
mṛgāṇāṃ sa varāhāṇāṃ mahiṣāṇāṃ mahābhujaḥ | viniṣṇan tatra tatraiva bhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana said: Mighty-armed Bhīma—whose prowess was truly fearsome—went about hunting, and here and there he struck down deer, boars, and even wild buffaloes. The passage underscores Bhīma’s formidable strength and the harsh, survival-driven tone of forest life, where hunting becomes both a display of power and a means of sustaining those living in exile.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights Bhīma’s immense strength and the pragmatic demands of forest exile: hunting functions as sustenance and protection, while also reflecting the intense, sometimes violent, realities of life away from settled society.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Bhīma, famed for fearsome valor and great arms, roams about in the forest engaged in hunting, killing deer, boars, and buffaloes in various places.