Shloka 22
Adhyaya 5 — Tvashta’s Wrath, the Birth of Vritra, and the Divine Descent as the Pandavas
बलं मुमोच पवनस्ततो भीमो व्यजायत ।
शक्रवीर्यार्धतश्चैव जज्ञे पार्थो धनञ्जयः ॥
balaṃ mumoca pavanastato bhīmo vyajāyata / śakravīryārdhataścaiva jajñe pārtho dhanañjayaḥ
പിന്നീട് വായു തന്റെ ബലം പ്രസരിപ്പിച്ചു; അതിൽ നിന്ന് ഭീമൻ ജനിച്ചു. ഇന്ദ്രന്റെ വീര്യശക്തിയുടെ പകുതിയിൽ നിന്ന് പാർത്ഥൻ ധനഞ്ജയൻ (അർജുനൻ) ജനിച്ചു.
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FAQs
The verse frames extraordinary human capability as arising from a measured infusion of divine qualities: Bhīma embodies Vāyu’s raw ‘bala’ (force), while Arjuna embodies Indra’s ‘vīrya’ (heroic excellence). Ethically, it implies that power and heroism are trusts—energies to be disciplined through dharma rather than used as mere dominance.
Primarily Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita (dynastic genealogy and accounts of royal lineages), since it explains the origins of key figures within a lineage narrative connected to the Mahābhārata.
Vāyu symbolizes prāṇa and dynamic force; Bhīma’s birth from ‘released strength’ suggests embodied vitality and unstoppable momentum. Indra symbolizes sovereignty and the victorious intellect/strategy of the kṣatriya; Arjuna’s birth from ‘half’ of Indra’s vīrya can be read as a calibrated bestowal—heroic brilliance tempered for human-scale dharmic action rather than full divine supremacy.