Mar 24, 2024, 11:00 AM IST

How Mahabharat's Bheema was stronger than 10000 elephants

Varnika Srivastava

In Mahabharata, all five Pandavas were born with the blessings of one or more gods, and as a result, they inherited the qualities of that god.

Do you know that Bheema was the most powerful of the five Pandavas, believed to be stronger than 10,000 elephants? there was a reason for this. 

Bheema did not inherit this power from birth; rather, it was the result of an incident brought on by the Kaurava brothers' animosity towards him.

Since Bheema was an expert in mace warfare and the greatest Kaurava Duryodhana was also an expert in the art, the two were naturally at odds with one another.

Bheema, a fond eater, was trapped in Duryodhana's kheer, where he mixed Kheer with poisonous snake venom. Despite his fainting, Duryodhana believed Bhima was dead and threw him into the river

Bheema drowned in a river and was attacked by snakes in Naglok. Despite the poison's effects, Bhima regained consciousness after being attacked by the snakes.

Bheema regained consciousness and encountered snakes, killing them. Snakes informed Nagraj Vasuki, who and Arya Naga arrived at Bhima's battle with the Nagas.

Arya, who identified his great-grandson, was the maternal grandfather of Bheema's grandfather. Bhima told Aryak about the kheer when Aryak stopped him and introduced himself.

In Mahabharata, Arya gifted Bhima a unique juice, which due to Aryaka's exceptional quality, resulted in Bhima's strength equivalent to 10,000 elephants and an extraordinary strength.