49 Facts About Bhima

In Hindu epic Mahabharata, Bhima is the second among the five Pandavas.

Bhima was born when Vayu, the wind god, granted a son to Kunti and Pandu.

From his childhood, Bhima had a rivalry with his cousins Kauravas, especially Duryodhana.

Bhima was rescued by Nagas and was given a drink which made him very strong and immune to all venom.

Bhima killed the general of the kingdom, Kichaka, as he tried to molest Draupadi.

Bhima was considered to have the physical strength of 10,000 elephants approximately.

Bhima was so wrathful and strong that it was impossible to even for Indra to subdue him in a battle.

Bhima used to play practical jokes on the Kaurava brothers; he used to engage in wrestling bouts where he out-powered them with consummate ease.

Bhima's repeated failures and fecklessness against Bhima angered Duryodhana so much that he wanted him dead.

Bhima hatched a cunning plot where he poisoned Bhima's food and drowned him in river Ganga.

Thankfully, the Naga king Vasuki saved Bhima and apprised him of Duryodhana's hatred for him.

Thanks to prior notice from Vidura, the Pandavas managed to escape out from the palace with Bhima played a major role in carrying all five of them and escaping to safety.

Bhima barricaded the palace of Purochana and set fire to it, thereby ensuring Purochana became a victim of his own evil plot.

The powerful Bhima brought his might to the fore and killed Bakasura, much to the delight of the villagers.

At the time Bhima kills the demon Hidimba who was king of demons of the forest Kamyaka, he meets his sister Hidimbi; they eventually get married and have a son, Ghatotkacha.

When Bhima killed the demon Hidimba, he became the King of Kamyaka for 5 years.

At a later stage, Bhima married princess Valandhara, the daughter of the king of Kasi, and had a son named Savarga.

Bhima was sent out to the East, since Bhishma thought the easterners were skilled in fighting from the backs of elephants and in fighting with bare arms.

Bhima deemed Bhima to be the most ideal person to wage wars in that region.

The exile period in the forests, saw the Pandavas come face to face with many rakshasas and Bhima played a crucial role in the epic in rescuing his brothers every time.

The lotus species was not to be located easily so Bhima went in search of the flower and ended up at Kubera's palace.

Bhima was stopped in his tracks by the rakshasas called Krodhavasas, but he defeated them all and reached the lotus pond.

But, the monkey replied saying he's too old and had no strength to do that and requested that Bhima do it instead.

Bhima received Hanuman's blessing in the form of increased strength.

Bhima warned Bhima of the path ahead, warned him of the prophesized war, blessed him of victory in all his endeavours and left.

Bhima's objective was to seize the weapons of the Pandavas.

Bhima, who was gone hunting during the abduction, was deeply upset when he came to know of Jatasura's evil act on his return.

Much to the delight of King Virata and his subjects, Bhima challenged Jimuta and knocked him out in no time.

Later Kichaka's allies plotted to murder Sairindri, but Bhima vanquished all of them.

Bhima leads the other Pandavas and Virata and helped to rout the army of Susarma easily.

The charioteer of Bhima's Chariot was Vishoka while the flag bore the image of a gigantic lion in silver with its eyes made of lapis lazuli and his chariot was yoked to horses as black as bears or black antelopes.

Bhima wielded a celestial bow named Vayavya- which was given by Vayu, had a massive conch named Paundra and possessed a huge mace whose strength is equivalent to a hundred thousand maces.

Bhima slays Kalinga King Shrutayusha's son Sakradeva, and the two Kalinga general Satya and Satyadeva.

Bhima defeated and nearly killed Duryodhana in wrestling but failed to kill him due to sunset.

Bhima saw the day as a failure as he failed to save his son from Karna.

Bhima dominated other warriors and became a hero on the 16th day of the war.

Bhima was the only warrior who refused to submit to the invincible Narayanastra weapon launched by Ashwatthama on the 15th day of the war and was quickly defeated by it.

Soon they engaged in a sword fight, when Bhima was about to stab Karna defeating him, Karna's son Banasena came in aid of his father.

On seeing Banasena, Bhima got angered as his own son Ghatotkacha was slain by Karna.

Bhima killed Banasena by hitting him several times on the head, chest and abdomen.

Bhima asked Karna to take his son's body to perform funerals and later fight with Arjuna.

Bhima had a fierce fight with Ashwatthama who repeatedly called him a coward because he slew an elephant.

Bhima defeated and brutally killed Dushasana on the sixteenth day of the war in front of Duryodhana.

Bhima killed Dussasana by separating and cutting his hands from the body.

Bhima squeezed blood from Dussasana's heart and dressed Draupadi's hair.

When embracing Bhima, Dhritarashtra crushed the statue into pieces, but later realized his folly and apologized.

Bhima is adept at playing Gada, and has a variety of weapons, including: Paku Pancanaka, Rujakpala Gada, Alugara, Bargawa, and Bargawasta.

Bhima searched for Prawitasari's water to the bottom of the ocean in the South Sea.

Bhima saw an area that was peaceful, safe, and serene.