वैशंपायन उवाच
अर्जुनेनैवम् उक्तस् तु भीमो भीमस्य रक्षसः ॥
उत्क्षिप्याभ्रामयद् देहं तूर्णं गुणशताधिकम् ॥
भीम उवाच
वृथामांसैर् वृथा पुष्टो वृथा वृद्धो वृथामतिः ॥
वृथामरणम् अर्हस् त्वं वृथाद्य न भविष्यसि ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
arjunenaivam uktas tu bhīmo bhīmasya rakṣasaḥ ||
utkṣipyābhrāmayad dehaṃ tūrṇaṃ guṇaśatādhikam ||
bhīma uvāca
vṛthāmāṃsair vṛthā puṣṭo vṛthā vṛddho vṛthāmatiḥ ||
vṛthāmaraṇam arhas tvaṃ vṛthādya na bhaviṣyasi ||
Vaishampayana said: "Thus urged on by Arjuna, Bhima, lifting up the body of the terrible rakshasa, whirled it swiftly, more than a hundred times." Bhima said: "Fed in vain on vain flesh, grown up in vain, vain of mind — you deserve a vain death; in vain shall you now cease to be."
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Here Bhima, striking down the enemy, pronounces judgment on a life lived in vain. The sixfold "vṛthā" ("in vain") is telling: body, nourishment, growth, mind, death — all are named futile; a life given over to devouring people turns out to be nothing. In this lies a bitter lesson: existence without dharma is barren, however mighty and well-fed it may be; whoever lives for evil lives in vain. Telling too is the contrast: flesh nourished on the death of others itself turns to nothing. The verse shows that the measure of life is not strength or abundance but dharma; and the man-eater who rejected it dies "in vain," leaving nothing of himself behind.