MADHWAVIJAYA PRATHAMAHA SARGAHA – SHLOKAS 31, 32 AND 33

(Description of Bhimavatara continues in these Shlokas. Please read, comment and share. SDN)

Bhuktam cha jeerNam paripanThidattam visham viShaNNO viShaBhrudgaNO(a)taha|

PramANakOTEhe sa hi hElayA(a)ggAnnEdam jagajjeevanadE(a)tra chitram||31||

SUMMARY: The venom deceitfully fed by foes was easily assimilated by Bhima; he terrorised and benumbed the cluster of venomous serpents; regained his consciousness and came out of Pramanakoti, a pond in which he had been submerged. None of these instances can be conceived as bewildering in the case of Bhimasena as he gives life to the entire universe.

It has been explained in Mahabharata that Duryodhana and his brothers had cunningly fed Bhimasena with a poison called Kalakoota, which is said to be highly lethal. It is also mentioned in Mahabharata that the serpents that Duryodhana and his brothers threw upon Bhimasena have been described as equal to those serpents that could burn the entire universe into ashes at the time of Great Destruction or Mahapralaya merely with their exhale or the breath. In this stanza, all those instances in which Bhimasena emerged victorious have been subtly indicated.

DagDhwA puram yOgabalAt sa niryan DharmAniva swAn sahajAn daDhAnaha|

AdAriBhAvEna jagatsupUjyO yOgeeva NArAyaNamAsasAda||32||

Like a Yogi, who burns his corporal body with his Yogic power, comes out of it, wears all the positive energies he had earned through charity, culture, obeisance etc., and reunites with the Lord by discarding all the lust and other negative qualities, Sri Bhimasena deftly burnt the house of lacquer, escaped from there, carrying his brothers on his shoulders, rushed towards the Hidimba Forest before joining Sri Narayana, who was then in the form of Sri Vedavyasa.

The intrinsic philosophical significance of the escape of Bhimasena with his brothers from the house of lacquer has been metaphorically explained here by comparing it with the salvation that a Yogi attains at the end of his term on earth.  

Samarpya krutyAni krutE krutyAni VyAsAya BhUmnE sukrutAni tAvat|

KariShyamANAni cha tasya pUjAm sankalpayAmAsa sa shudhDhabudhDhihi||

SUMMRY: Most knowledgeable and pure-hearted Bhimasena surrender unto the feet of Lord Vedavyasa all the positive energies or the Punya he had till then earned and pledged again to surrender the positive divine energy he would be acquiring in future as an offer of worship.

Bhimasena is showing to the humanity that whatever one does each day should be surrendered to the Lord by pronouncing Sri Krishnarpanamastu or by reciting :

PrAtahapraBhrutisAyAntam sAyAdiprAtarantataha|

YastkarOmi JagannATha tadastu tava pUjanam||

(Summary: Oh Lord Jagannatha, whatever I have done since morning today till now, I am submitting to you as a part of submission and worship.)