Shloka 43
एकं पादं पदाक्रम्य दोर्भ्यामन्यं प्रगृह्य स: । गुदत: पाटयामास शाखमिव महागज: ॥ ४३ ॥
ekam pādaṁ padākramya dorbhyām anyaṁ pragṛhya saḥ gudataḥ pāṭayām āsa śākham iva mahā-gajaḥ
Bhīma menekan satu kaki dengan kakinya, memegang kaki yang lain dengan kedua tangan; seperti gajah besar mematahkan dahan, dia mengoyak Jarāsandha dari dubur ke atas.
FAQs
In Canto 10, Chapter 72, Bhīma defeats Jarāsandha in combat and tears him apart by force, splitting him upward from the anus, likened to an elephant breaking a branch.
Śukadeva Gosvāmī narrates this event to King Parīkṣit as part of Kṛṣṇa’s līlā and the freeing of the imprisoned kings.
It highlights that destructive tyranny must be opposed through righteous means and wise strategy, and that strength should be guided by dharma rather than ego.