राक्षस्य् उवाच
यत् ते प्रियं तत् करिष्ये सर्वान् एतान् प्रबोधय ॥
मोक्षयिष्यामि वः कामं राक्षसात् पुरुषादकात् ॥
भीम उवाच
सुखसुप्तान् वने भ्रातॄन् मातरं चैव राक्षसि ॥
न भयाद् बोधयिष्यामि भ्रातुस् तव दुरात्मनः ॥
न हि मे राक्षसा भीरु सोढुं शक्ताः पराक्रमम् ॥
न मनुष्या न गन्धर्वा न यक्षाश् चारुलोचने ॥
गच्छ वा तिष्ठ वा भद्रे यद् वापीच्छसि तत् कुरु ॥
तं वा प्रेषय तन्वङ्गि भ्रातरं पुरुषादकम् ॥
rākṣasy uvāca
yat te priyaṃ tat kariṣye sarvān etān prabodhaya ||
mokṣayiṣyāmi vaḥ kāmaṃ rākṣasāt puruṣādakāt ||
bhīma uvāca
sukhasuptān vane bhrātṝn mātaraṃ caiva rākṣasi ||
na bhayād bodhayiṣyāmi bhrātus tava durātmanaḥ ||
na hi me rākṣasā bhīru soḍhuṃ śaktāḥ parākramam ||
na manuṣyā na gandharvā na yakṣāś cārulocane ||
gaccha vā tiṣṭha vā bhadre yad vāpīcchasi tat kuru ||
taṃ vā preṣaya tanvaṅgi bhrātaraṃ puruṣādakam ||
The rakshasi said: 'Whatever pleases you, I will do; wake all these, and I will free you, if you wish, from the man-eating rakshasa.' Bhima said: 'I will not wake my brothers and mother, sweetly sleeping in the forest, O rakshasi, out of fear of your evil-souled brother; for rakshasas are not able to bear my might, O timid one, nor men, nor gandharvas, nor yakshas, O fair-eyed one. Go or stay, O gracious one, or do whatever you wish, or send here that man-eating brother of yours.'
d557d6cc442b · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:03:09 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here Bhima displays fearless might, unclouded by any pride of anxiety. Telling is his refusal to wake the sleepers 'out of fear': for him it is shameful to disturb the peace of his kin out of dread of an enemy — better to meet the danger alone. Here is both care (let them rest) and fearlessness (he does not dread the man-eater). Telling is his calm grandeur: 'neither rakshasas, nor men, nor gandharvas, nor yakshas can bear my might' — this is not boasting but a sober knowledge of his own strength, granted for the defense of dharma. Telling too is his magnanimity toward the rakshasi: he neither drives her away nor is rude to her, but offers her a choice. Thus scripture shows in Bhima a combination of strength, fearlessness, and courtesy; and in challenging the man-eater he prepares the denouement in which the demon's brute power will fall before strength sanctified by dharma.