Bhim
Bhim is the muscle that we all wish to have by our side. The emotionally vulnerable, simple (almost innocent) bulldozer that is ready to take on the world for his brothers.
True, he is not the brightest of the warriors. He excelled at mace fighting but even there he was not a very tactical or skillful fighter, the weaknesses that Duryadhan exploited in fighting him. However, his size and strength did seem to make up for what he lacked in efficiency most of the time.
In appearance Bhim is huge, not exactly obese but not an well toned body either. From more detailed description it seems Bhim had a moon face, lack of facial hair and Incredibly long arms ( OK, now I am inclined to think he had hypogonadism. :/ ).
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| Bhim killing Jarasandh, the king of Magadh. |
Bhim is the bully. Among all the other events leading to the great war Bhim's treatment to his uncle Dhritarashtra's sons can't be overlooked. Bullying the cousins as a child may seem to be pretty harmless, but it definitely didn't help the the cousins bond the way Yudhisthir or any other elder would have wanted.
But still Bhim is the loyal and honest at heart who lived by the simple rule of loving those who love him and crushing those who decided to be his enemy. Some find him too emotionally vulnerable. Though I myself used the same term for him at the very beginning, I do feel that the way it is meant is usually insulting and intends to make him look stupid. Today in our world where we have so many problems rising from hollow over smartness that only aims at shifting every responsibility to the next available shoulder from their's and finds meaning only in pointlessly criticizing anything and everything they ever come across, I think the world would be better off without the lot of them and with a few like Bhim who may not be the brightest but who are honest in what they believe and who actually get some work done.
That's it for now. Will come back asap for more. Happy reading.
