The
latter took the responsibility for the whole act, granted the creature's right to act as
it pleased in the forest region, and offered half his body in lieu of that part of Bhima's
which was within the jungle when he was caught. Deeply touched by the devotion of
Yudhishthira to Dharma, Purushamrigam freed Bhima and changed its cannibal.
Ways of living, and willingly supplied milk for
the fulfillment of the yaga. The fancy of the sculptor who carved this image has
found full scope. Bhima, all brawn and not much brain, is held helplessly in
Purushamrigam's grasp. Yudhishthira, a serene personality with one finger held up
symbolically, is represented as a man who knows what. Must be done and is determined to do
it. |
