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Shloka 25

Saṃvaraṇa–Tapatī Vivāhaḥ (The Marriage of Saṃvaraṇa and Tapatī) — Mahābhārata, Ādi Parva 163

हीयमान तु तद्‌ रक्ष: समीक्ष्य पुरुषादकम्‌ । निष्पिष्य भूमौ जानुभ्यां समाजघ्ने वृकोदर:,उस नरभक्षी राक्षसको कमजोर पड़ते देख भीमसेन उसे पृथ्वीपर पटककर रगड़ने और दोनों घुटनोंसे मारने लगे

hīyamānaṃ tu tad rakṣaḥ samīkṣya puruṣādakam | niṣpiṣya bhūmau jānubhyāṃ samājaghne vṛkodaraḥ ||

ਮਨੁੱਖ-ਭੱਖੀ ਉਸ ਰਾਖਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਕਮਜ਼ੋਰ ਪੈਂਦਾ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਵ੍ਰਿਕੋਦਰ (ਭੀਮ) ਨੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਧਰਤੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਪਟਕ ਦਿੱਤਾ, ਜ਼ਮੀਨ ਨਾਲ ਰਗੜ ਕੇ ਕੁਚਲਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਦੋਵੇਂ ਘੁੱਟਣਿਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਵਾਰ ਵਾਰ ਪ੍ਰਹਾਰ ਕੀਤਾ।

हीयमानम्being weakened/diminishing
हीयमानम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootहीयमान (√हा + य)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
रक्षःthe rākṣasa/demon
रक्षः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
समीक्ष्यhaving seen/observed
समीक्ष्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-ईक्ष्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)
पुरुषादकम्man-eating
पुरुषादकम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरुषादक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
निष्पिष्यhaving crushed/ground down
निष्पिष्य:
TypeVerb
Rootनिस्-पीष्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)
भूमौon the ground/earth
भूमौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
जानुभ्याम्with (his) two knees
जानुभ्याम्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootजानु
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Dual
समाजघ्नेstruck repeatedly/smashed
समाजघ्ने:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-हन्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
वृकोदरःVṛkodara (Bhīma)
वृकोदरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृकोदर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśaṃpāyana
V
Vṛkodara (Bhīma)
P
puruṣādaka rākṣasa

Educational Q&A

When faced with predatory harm (such as a man-eater), dharma permits and even requires firm action to protect others; strength is ethically directed when used to end ongoing violence and safeguard the vulnerable.

Bhīma (Vṛkodara), noticing the man-eating rākṣasa losing strength, pins him to the ground, crushes him down, and strikes him repeatedly with his knees, intensifying the assault to finish the threat.