समागच्छ मया सार्धम् एकेनैको नराशन ॥
अहम् एव नयिष्यामि त्वाम् अद्य यमसादनम् ॥
अद्य ते तलनिष्पिष्टं शिरो राक्षस दीर्यताम् ॥
कुञ्जरस्येव पादेन विनिष्पिष्टं बलीयसः ॥
अद्य गात्राणि क्रव्यादाः श्येना गोमायवश् च ते ॥
कर्षन्तु भुवि संहृष्टा निहतस्य मया मृधे ॥
samāgaccha mayā sārdham ekenaiko narāśana ||
aham eva nayiṣyāmi tvām adya yamasādanam ||
adya te talaniṣpiṣṭaṃ śiro rākṣasa dīryatām ||
kuñjarasyeva pādena viniṣpiṣṭaṃ balīyasaḥ ||
adya gātrāṇi kravyādāḥ śyenā gomāyavaś ca te ||
karṣantu bhuvi saṃhṛṣṭā nihatasya mayā mṛdhe ||
"Meet me one on one, o man-eater: I alone will lead you now to the abode of Yama. Today let your head be split, crushed by my palm, o rakshasa, as something crushed beneath the foot of a mighty elephant; today let your limbs be dragged rejoicing over the ground by beasts of prey, hawks, and jackals — once you are slain by me in battle."
755654ca99c1 · publicado 12 jul 2026, 17:09:57 UTC
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Here Bhima issues a fearsome challenge — but the challenge of a warrior, not of a slayer of the defenseless. Telling is his call to honest single combat "one on one": the valor of the righteous meets the foe openly, face to face. Here is righteous wrath turned upon the true villain: the anger that Bhima had until now held back from the woman is now rightly poured out upon the man-eater. Telling too is that Bhima's terrible words are no idle boast: behind them stands the might granted from above to the son of Vayu. Thus scripture shows that the terror of the righteous is directed where it belongs — upon the devourer of men, not upon the innocent; and the promised destruction of the man-eater is the restoration of dharma.