Shloka 48
Bhīmasena–Hanūmān Saṃvāda: The Tail Test and the Divine Path
तलप्रहारैरन्यांश्व॒ व्यहनत् पाण्डवो बली । ते वध्यमाना भीमेन सिंहव्याप्रतरक्षव:
talaprahārair anyāṁś ca vyahanat pāṇḍavo balī | te vadhyamānā bhīmena siṁhavyāghratarakṣavaḥ ||
ಬಲಿಷ್ಠ ಪಾಂಡವನು ಇತರರನ್ನೂ ತನ್ನ ಕರತಲದ ಹೊಡೆತಗಳಿಂದ ಕೆಡವಿದನು. ಭೀಮನು ಸಂಹರಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾಗ ಸಿಂಹ-ಹುಲಿ-ಕರಡಿ ಸಮಾನ ಉಗ್ರರೂ ಸಹ ನೆಲಕ್ಕುರುಳಿದರು.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that mere ferocity and animal-like aggression are insufficient against steadfast strength and disciplined courage aligned with a just purpose; ethical force in narrative terms is portrayed as overcoming brute predation.
Vaiśampāyana narrates that Bhīma, the mighty Pāṇḍava, strikes down additional opponents with powerful palm-blows; the enemies, described as fierce like lions, tigers, and bears, are being killed by him in the course of the fight.