वैशंपायन उवाच
भीमसेनस् तु तं दृष्ट्वा राक्षसं प्रहसन्न् इव ॥
भगिनीं प्रति संक्रुद्धम् इदं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
किं ते हिडिम्ब एतैर् वा सुखसुप्तैः प्रबोधितैः ॥
माम् आसादय दुर्बुद्धे तरसा त्वं नराशन ॥
मय्य् एव प्रहरैहि त्वं न स्त्रियं हन्तुम् अर्हसि ॥
विशेषतो ऽनपकृते परेणापकृते सति ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
bhīmasenas tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasaṃ prahasann iva ||
bhaginīṃ prati saṃkruddham idaṃ vacanam abravīt ||
kiṃ te hiḍimba etair vā sukhasuptaiḥ prabodhitaiḥ ||
mām āsādaya durbuddhe tarasā tvaṃ narāśana ||
mayy eva praharaihi tvaṃ na striyaṃ hantum arhasi ||
viśeṣato 'napakṛte pareṇāpakṛte sati ||
Vaishampayana said: "Bhimasena, seeing that rakshasa, as if laughing, said this word to him, enraged as he was at his sister: 'What is it to you, Hidimba, in these sweetly sleeping ones, if they are woken? Come at me, o evil-minded one, swiftly, o man-eater; strike at me alone, come — you must not kill a woman, above all one who has done no wrong, when the wrong has been done by another.'"
fbf7f7562e8c · publicado 12 jul 2026, 17:09:57 UTC
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Here Bhima shows the chivalry that shields a woman from death. His fearlessness is telling — he meets the monster "as if laughing": the righteous man, resting on strength granted to him, knows no timidity before evil. Telling too is the substance of his prohibition: "one must not kill a woman," above all an innocent one — Bhima affirms the law that guards the weaker, and turns the blow upon himself. Dharma does not permit the punishment of the guiltless: the fault of one does not fall upon another. Thus scripture shows in Bhima not only might, but the moral law that might serves: the strong shields the defenseless and takes the blow himself.