Character

Bhima

भीमBhīma

Also called Bheem

verses
4,300
books
13
chapters
661
Sibling of
Arjuna, Yudhishthira
One of
Pandavas
Child of
Vayu, Kunti

What the texts say

In the Mahabharata, Bhima, brother of Yudhishthira and Arjuna, is born from Vayu, the wind god. Mahabharata 1.57.97, 1.90.69 As a newborn he fell from his mother Kunti's lap and shattered a rock. Mahabharata 1.114.11, 1.150.17 At the dice game he vowed to break the thighs of his foe Duryodhana with a mace in battle. Mahabharata 9.57.6 While living in hiding in the city of Virata, he killed Kichaka, who sought to seize Draupadi, his brother's wife. Mahabharata 8.34.19Mahabharata (Gita Press) 4.22.77, 4.22.79 In the war he slew Duhshasana, whose blood he had vowed to drink, and drank it. Mahabharata 5.157.17, 11.14.12Mahabharata (Gita Press) 8.83.413

Where to read

Every verse that names Bhima, book by book.

  1. Mahabharata

    4,112 verses · 583 chapters

    All 4,112 verses in the Mahabharata

    Also in the Gita Press edition: 4,914 verses

    • 3.146.8

      ເມື່ອນາງຜູ້ສະຫງ່າງາມໄດ້ຮັບດອກເສົາຄັນທິກະອັນເປັນມົງຄຸນ ແລະຍອດຍິ່ງນັ້ນແລ້ວ ໂອ້ ພະຣາຊາ, ນາງຍິນດີຢ່າງຫຼາຍ ແລ້ວຈຶ່ງກ່າວກັບພີມເສນ

    • 3.149.6

      ເມື່ອເຫັນຮູບອັນໃຫຍ່ຫຼວງຂອງພີ່ນ້ອງຕົນ ພີມະ—ຜູ້ເປັນຄວາມປິຕິແຫ່ງວົງກຸຣຸ—ກໍຕື່ນຕະລຶງ ແລະຮູ້ສຶກຮື້ນເຮີງຊ້ຳໆ।

    • 3.150.2

      ໂອ ພາຣະຕະ! ເມື່ອລາວຖືກອ້ອມກອດໂດຍພີ່ນ້ອງຄື ພີມະ ຢ່າງວ່ອງໄວ ຄວາມເມື່ອຍລ້າກໍຫາຍໄປ ແລະທຸກສິ່ງກໍປາກົດເປັນມງຄົນ ແລະເກື້ອກູນ।

  2. Bhagavatam

    64 verses · 19 chapters

    All 64 verses in the Bhagavatam
    • 10.72.13

      ພຣະອົງສົ່ງສະຫະເທວະໄປທິດໃຕ້ກັບຊາວສຣິນຈະຍະ; ສົ່ງນະກຸລະໄປທິດຕາເວັນຕົກກັບຊາວມັດສະຍະ; ສົ່ງອັຣຊຸນ (ສະວະຍະສາຈີ) ໄປທິດເໜືອກັບຊາວເກກະຍະ; ແລະສົ່ງພີມະ (ວຶກໂກດະຣະ) ໄປທິດຕາເວັນອອກກັບຊາວມັດຣະກະ।

    • 10.75.4

      ພີມະເປັນຜູ້ຄຸ້ມຄອງຄົວ; ສຸໂຢທະນະ (ດຸຣະໂຢທະນະ) ຄຸ້ມຄອງຄັງຊັບ; ສະຫະເທວະຕ້ອນຮັບແຂກດ້ວຍຄວາມເຄົາລົບ; ນະກຸລະຈັດຫາຂອງຈໍາເປັນ. ອະຣະຊຸນປະຄອງຮັບໃຊ້ຜູ້ເຖົ້າ; ພຣະກຣິດສະນະລ້າງຕີນໃຫ້ທຸກຄົນ; ດຣໍປະດີເສີບອາຫານ; ກັນນະຜູ້ໃຈກວ້າງແຈກທານແລະຂອງກໍານັນ. ຢຸຢຸທານະ…

    • 10.71.5

      ກະສັດຈະຣາສັນທະນັ້ນຊະນະຍາກ ມີກຳລັງເທົ່າຊ້າງໝື່ນເຊືອກ. ນັກຮົບຜູ້ແຂງແກ່ງອື່ນໆກໍບໍ່ອາດຊະນະເຂົາໄດ້; ມີແຕ່ພີມະເທົ່ານັ້ນທີ່ສະເໝີກຳລັງ.

  3. Skanda Purana

    38 verses · 18 chapters

    All 38 verses in the Skanda Purana
    • 1.2.65.14

      ຖ້າຄຳເວົ້າຂອງເຈົ້າ ໂອ ປາຣຖະ (Pārtha) ຢືນພ້ອມດັ່ງຜູ້ປະກາດ ໂດຍບໍ່ຖືກຫ້າມ—ແລ້ວເປັນຫຍັງເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງບໍ່ສັນລະເສີນ ມະຫາເທວະ (Mahādeva) ຜູ້ທຳລາຍຕຣິປຸຣາ (Tripurāntaka)?

    • 1.2.2.12

      ໃນຂະນະນີ້ ພີມະເສນະ ໄດ້ສັງຫານພຣະຣາຊາ ວີຣະວັຣມາ ຜູ້ເຄີຍເປັນຜູ້ທໍາທຸກໃຫ້ຊາວກຸຣຸ ໂດຍຄໍາສັ່ງຂອງ ທຣິຕະຣາສະຕຣະ.

    • 1.2.29.133

      ພຣະອົງແມ່ນ ມະຫາເສນາ ຜູ້ນຳກອງທັບໃຫຍ່; ມະຫາເຕຊະ ຜູ້ມີຮັດສະມີອັນຍິ່ງ; ວີຣະເສນາ ຜູ້ນຳວີຣະຊົນ; ແລະ ພູປະຕິ ຈອມເຈົ້າແຫ່ງແຜ່ນດິນ. ພຣະອົງແມ່ນ ສິດທາສະນະ ປະທັບໃນຫມູ່ຜູ້ສຳເລັດ; ສຸຣາທະຍັກສະ ຜູ້ຄຸ້ມຄອງເທວະ; ພີມະເສນາ ພະລັງອັນນ່າຢ້ານ; ແລະ ນິຣາມະຍະ…

  4. Devi Bhagavatam

    27 verses · 8 chapters

    All 27 verses in the Devi Bhagavatam
    • 2.7.7

      ເມື່ອໂອຣົດຖືກສັງຫານ ທ້າວທຶດຕະຣາດຜູ້ເສົ້າໂສກຍິ່ງນັກຍັງຄົງພຳນັກຢູ່ໃນອານາຈັກຂອງເຫຼົ່າປານທົບ ໂດຍຖືກທິ່ມແທງດ້ວຍວາຈາດຸດສອນຂອງພີມະ

    • 2.6.54

      ຈາກພຣະພາຍ ນາງໄດ້ບຸດຊາຍຊື່ ວະລຶໂກທະຣະ (ພີມະ) ແລະ ຈາກພຣະອິນ ໄດ້ບຸດຊື່ ຊິສະນຸ (ອໍລະຊຸນ) ປີແລ້ວປີເລົ່າ ບຸດຜູ້ຊົງພະລັງທັງສາມໄດ້ກຳເນີດແກ່ພຣະນາງກຸນຕີ

    • 4.19.38

      ຍຸທິສຖິຣະ ຜູ້ເປັນອະວະຕານຂອງທັມມະ ຈະໄດ້ເປັນມະຫາຣາດ. ພີມເສນ ຈະເປັນອະວະຕານຂອງວາຍຸ ແລະ ຝາແຝດ (ນະກຸນ ແລະ ສະຫະເທບ) ຈະເປັນອະວະຕານຂອງພຣະອັດສະວິນ.

Also named in

Key chapters

The chapters where Bhima matters most.

  1. The Saugaṇdhika Lotus and Bhīma’s Approach to Hanūmān

    Mahabharata 3.146 · 47 verses

    Agent of action whose heroic vigor borders on ecological and…

  2. Hanūmān’s Vast Form and Instruction on Dharma-Statecraft

    Mahabharata 3.149 · 25 verses

    Seeker of proof and recipient of instruction

  3. Hanūmān’s Embrace, Counsel, and Promise to Amplify Bhīma’s Battle-Roar (Gandhamādana Continuation)

    Mahabharata 3.150 · 25 verses

    Pilgrim-warrior whose pride is tempered into devotion

  4. Bhīmasena-Hanūmān Saṃvāda: The Tail Test and the Divine Path

    Mahabharata 3.147 · 23 verses

    Protagonist under examination

  5. Vāg-yuddha and Nimitta-darśana before the Gadāyuddha (Verbal Duel and Omens)

    Mahabharata 9.55 · 19 verses

    Moral prosecutor and avenger who converts memory of injustice…

  6. Droṇavadha-saṃniveśaḥ: The Convergence Toward Droṇa’s Fall (Book 7, Chapter 164)

    Mahabharata 7.164 · 17 verses

    Force and expedience: supplies the ‘fact’ that enables the…

  7. Droṇa’s Withdrawal, Death, and the Kaurava Rout (द्रोणनिधन-प्रसङ्गः)

    Mahabharata 7.165 · 16 verses

    Ethical provocateur and rhetorical challenger of Droṇa’s…

  8. Yudhiṣṭhira’s Anxiety and the Dispatch of Bhīma; Attempted Breakthrough into Droṇa’s Formation

    Mahabharata 7.102 · 67 verses

    Shock-force executor: the dispatched solution to a…

  9. Gadā-yuddhe Bhīma-Duryodhanayoḥ Tumulaḥ Saṃprahāraḥ (Mace-duel’s intense exchange)

    Mahabharata 9.56 · 60 verses

    Primary duelist

  10. Mahāprasthānika-parva Adhyāya 2: The Northward March, Sight of Himavat and Meru, and the Sequential Falls

    Mahabharata 17.2 · 14 verses

    Questioner and last to fall

Key episodes

  1. Draupadi Dragged into the Assembly

    Mahabharata 2.60-2.63

  2. Bhima Meets Hanuman

    Mahabharata 3.146-3.150

  3. The Yaksha's Questions (Yaksha Prashna)

    Mahabharata 3.295-3.298

  4. "Ashvatthama Is Dead": The Fall of Drona

    Mahabharata 7.164-7.165

  5. The Mace Duel: Bhima Breaks Duryodhana's Thigh

    Mahabharata 9.54-9.58

  6. Yudhishthira and the Dog: The Great Departure

    Mahabharata 17.1-17.3

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