वैशंपायन उवाच
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा भीमसेनो ऽत्यमर्षणः ॥
निष्पिष्यैनं बलाद् भूमौ पशुमारम् अमारयत् ॥
स मार्यमाणो भीमेन ननाद विपुलं स्वनम् ॥
पूरयंस् तद् वनं सर्वं जलार्द्र इव दुन्दुभिः ॥
भुजाभ्यां योक्त्रयित्वा तं बलवान् पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥
मध्ये भङ्क्त्वा स बलवान् हर्षयाम् आस पाण्डवान् ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā bhīmaseno 'tyamarṣaṇaḥ ||
niṣpiṣyainaṃ balād bhūmau paśumāram amārayat ||
sa māryamāṇo bhīmena nanāda vipulaṃ svanam ||
pūrayaṃs tad vanaṃ sarvaṃ jalārdra iva dundubhiḥ ||
bhujābhyāṃ yoktrayitvā taṃ balavān pāṇḍunandanaḥ ||
madhye bhaṅktvā sa balavān harṣayām āsa pāṇḍavān ||
Vaishampayana said: "Hearing his words, Bhimasena, utterly impatient, seized the rakshasa by force and slew him on the ground, as one slaughters cattle. He, being slain by Bhima, let out a mighty roar that filled the whole forest, like a drum drenched with water. And grasping him with both arms and breaking him in the middle, the mighty son of Pandu delighted the Pandavas."
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Here the man-eater meets his end, and evil is crushed without remainder. It is significant that Bhima kills him "like cattle": the one who lived by devouring people as if they were cattle himself meets the fate of cattle -- the punishment matches the offense. Here is justice in which the measure of the crime returns upon the criminal's own head. It is significant, too, that his death gladdens the Pandavas: this is not malice but relief from a lifted threat, and the triumph of dharma over the predator. Thus the verse shows a completion: brute strength placed in the service of devouring is broken by strength placed in the service of protection; and both the forest and the family are freed from fear.