Shloka 69

Devanagari script

तत एन महाबाहुर्बाहुभ्याममरोपम: । समुत्क्षिप्प बलादू भीमो विनिष्पिष्य महीतले,तत्पश्चात्‌ देवताओंके समान तेजस्वी महाबाहु भीमसेनने उस राक्षसको दोनों भुजाओंसे बलपूर्वक उठा लिया और उसे पृथ्वीपर पटककर पीस डाला

Transliteration

tata enaṃ mahābāhur bāhubhyām amaropamaḥ | samutkṣipya balād bhīmo viniṣpiṣya mahītale ||

Translation

Then Bhīma—mighty-armed and godlike in prowess—seized that foe with both arms, hoisted him up by sheer force, and hurled him down upon the earth, crushing him there. The episode underscores the Pandava’s duty to protect by decisively subduing violent, adharma-driven threats.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

एनम्him (that one)

महाबाहुःthe mighty-armed one

बाहुभ्याम्with (his) two arms

अमरोपमःequal to the immortals (godlike)

समुत्क्षिप्यhaving lifted up

बलात्by force, forcibly

भीमःBhima

विनिष्पिष्यhaving crushed, having ground down

महीतलेon the ground (earth-surface)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Bhīma (Bhīmasena)

the rākṣasa (unnamed in this verse)

earth (mahī)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When a destructive, unrighteous force threatens others, a protector may be required to act with decisive strength. The verse frames Bhīma’s violence not as cruelty but as the forceful removal of a dangerous agent of adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana narrates that Bhīma grabs the rākṣasa with both arms, lifts him up by force, throws him to the ground, and crushes him—marking the rākṣasa’s defeat through overwhelming physical power.