Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Bhima

भीम · bhīma

Second of the five Pandavas; the strongest man of his age

He swore two oaths in the dice hall, and the war ends when he keeps them.

Bhima is the second son of Kunti and Pandu, fathered by Vayu, the wind god. He has enormous strength and an appetite to match, which earned him the name Vrikodara, 'wolf-belly'. He is blunt, fiercely protective of Draupadi, and the one brother Duryodhana truly fears. In the Gita Duryodhana names him as the protector of the Pandava army, and he blows the great conch Paundra.