Shloka 14
Adhyāya 123 — Droṇa’s Pedagogy: Arjuna’s Preeminence, Ekalavya’s Self-Training, and the Bhāsa-Lakṣya Trial
तस्माज्जज्ञे महाबाहुर्भीमो भीमपराक्रम: । तमप्यतिबलं जात॑ वागुवाचाशरीरिणी
tasmāj jajñe mahābāhur bhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ | tam apy atibalaṃ jātaṃ vāg uvācāśarīriṇī ||
اسی (وایودیو) سے مہاباہو، ہولناک شجاعت والا بھیم پیدا ہوا۔ اور جب وہ نہایت قوی بچہ پیدا ہوا تو ایک بےجسم آواز نے کہا— “یہ شہزادہ سب طاقتوروں میں سب سے برتر ہے۔”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Extraordinary power is presented as meaningful when it is rooted in a higher source and publicly oriented toward protection and dharma; Bhīma’s strength is introduced not as brute force but as a providential capacity meant for righteous ends.
Vaiśampāyana narrates Bhīma’s birth as the son of Vāyu and notes a heavenly, bodiless voice that immediately proclaims the newborn as supremely strong, marking him with an auspicious sign and foreshadowing his future role among the Pāṇḍavas.