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RETO&D FROM TH& M AHABHARATA

 T h e encounter be tw een H anum an, the m onkey
hero of the Ramayana and Bheema, the m ig h ty
Pandava prince, is one of the m o s t dram atic inci­
dents in the M ahabharata.
Hanum an is the son of Vayu, the w in d -g o d ; and
Bheema is the son of Kunti, born by the grace of
Vayu. T h u s the tw o , can be considered brothers.
H anum an is described as a Chira n jivi an im m ­
ortal. T h is explains h o w the m eeting betw een the
t w o w a s possible, th o u g h Bheema w a s born m any
centuries later.
T h e episode also em phasises the fem inine intui­
tion of Draupadi w h o unerringly chose Bheema for
a risky and rom antic errand.

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 BHEEMA and HANUMAN

WHEN THE FIVE PANPAVA BROTHERS W ERE PECEtTFULLl/ PEPR/VEP’

O F THEIR KIN&OOM B Y THEIR JEALOUS COUSINS, THE KAURAVA'S ,
THE</ H AP TO 60 INTO EXILE FO R THIRTEEN WEARS ALONG WITH THEIR
W IFE, P R A tlP A P I. DHOUMYA, THEIR PR ECEPTO R , ACCOMPANIED THEM.
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r a r j u n a ’& m issio n
HAS B EEN SC IC C ES S -
_ _ FU L / B U T T H E PEVAS
f L j ”a (i\ N E E P HIM
FO R A L IT T L E WHILE
LONGER »
 BHEEMA AND HANUMAN
SO THE ftAN&AVAS ANP> &RAU&A0/ SET
OUT W/TH TME SAGES . THE THOUGHT
THAT THEY WOULP> SOON BE W/TH
ARJUNA MA&E THE jo u r n e y e a s ie r .

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TH E }
M OUNTAINA

f I6N T IT B EA U TIFU L?
THH GANPHAMAPANA
m o u n t a in , a b o p e o f
^ Y h E P E A V G O P S ? vj

SOON THEY WERE cl/m b /n o

THE MOUNTAIN •

BE VERY
CAREFUL .
TU B P A TH
AHEAP? IS
NARROW
ANP STEER
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WHEN THEV WERE NEARLY /T WAS AS />=■ WUPHISHTHIRA HAP SENSEP WHAT
AT THE TOP ----- WAS COMINGl THE NEXT MOMENT A VIOLENT

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STRONGEST,
PRA UPAPI 9HALL
BS CiNPER YOUR
SPECIAL C A R E .

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PRAW PAPI
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BHEEMA AND HANUMAN

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 BHEEMA AND HANUMAN
SOM E PAYS L A TE R , BHEEM A A N P PRAUPAP/
W E R E W A L K IN G IN T H E C H A R M IN G W O O P B
O F T H E H E R M IT A G E W H E N — .

BHEEM A,
LOOK A T THIS
EX Q U IS ITE
. FLOWER/ /

W H AT A l
SW EET
FR A G R A N C E
IT HAS t k

I L L SIVE TH IS ^
ONE TO W P H IS H - O H , BHEEM A,
© E T TH EM FO R
THIRA . BUT I WOULP
ME !
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MORE T O T A K E a
BACK W ITH 05 . J
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BH EEM A W ENT /N THE &
FROM WHICH THE FLOW£
BLOWN TOWARDS THEM
i P E A R PRACJPAP!, W E HAVE
NOT BEEN A B L E TO <SIVE WOCl
A LL T H A T VOO P ESER V E . I
W 06ILP GO TO T H E V E R V
E N P S O F THIS E A R TH , IF -
N E C E S S A R Y , TO S E T T H E
FLO W ER S F O R VOCI.

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H E SEA R CH ED //V VA/N A LL

O VER TH E MOCJNTA/U.

I HAVE L E F T T H E ^
O TH E R S FO R TO O
LON&. | M6IST RETURN
TO THE HERMITA&E .

( B U T HOW
CAN I RET6IRN
W ITH 06IT TH E
FLOWERS ?

I WILL T R y
F O R A L ITT L E
WHILE L0 N 6 ER

H E W ENT D E E P E R A N D
P £ E P E R IN TO T H E F O R E S T
 BHEEMA AND H AN U M AN

S EC O N D S L A T E R , TH E E L E P H A N T W OULD H A V E • • • B U T B H E EM A S E IZ E D IT B Y
C R U SH ED HIM • • • 1--------------------- --------------------------------------------- --------- -- T H E TU S K S »• ---------------------------------------------
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 BHEEMA AND HANUMAN
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UNKNOWN TO BHEEM A , THE GROVE:
WAS THE NOME OH HANdMAN.

FROM THE GROVE HANOMAN SPIED NANOMAN STRET^NED HtM&ECP ACROSS

BHEEMA AND B</ HIS &PIRITUAL- THE NARROW PATN A T TINE GROVE’S
POW ERS PrVTNEC? HIS PU RPO SE. EN T R A N C E .
 BHEEMA AND HANUMAN

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BEEN TOO PROOP OF, Hl€>
STREN GTH . FO R M/5 OWN
6 0 0 P , I M UST TEA CH
V HIM TO B E ^
BL H U M B LE.

SO LO O P W ER E THE &OC/NP& HANOMAN E-HSV BHEEMIA,FOR A MOMENT,

M APE THAT TH E MOONTAJN &HOOK ANC? KNEW FEAR 7 --------- 7— —
R O M B LEP . I-----------------------------------------------------------

THE PEAFENINO V
S0UNP5 COMB
FROM THE 6R0VE/
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HANOMAN, BU T H E HIP HI& I PON’T HAVE
SM ILE. T H E ENERGY T O
IM PUPENT
MOVE • IP VOU
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SHALL THRASH
you

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PO S O , I W OULP. I W OtILP
HAVE L E A P T R IG H T O V E R
VOU ANP TH E MOUNTAIN ,
J U S T AS HANUMAN LEAPT ,
, OVER TH E OCEAN T O ^
JVFINP RAMA'S WIFE/

HE 16 MV HANPSOME , ST RONS,
WHO IS IN TE LLIG E N T B R O T H E R . A N P I
TH IS AM A S STR O N G A S HE IS / SO
HANUMAN ? S E T O P AN CP L E T M E P A SS OR
i’ l l sfcN P v© o t o t h e
A B O P E O F VA/WA /

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MONKEY ie A
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HAVE PITY ON M E . l W EAKLING /
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ANP 6 0 ACROSS.

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HANOMAN*. V ■ s o p p e n l v , h a n o m a n ’g
BO PY GREW BIGGER A N P
b ig g e r , . .
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SEEN VOU • NO ONE Id
MORE FORTUNATE
THAN I A M . SHOW ME
T H E FORM IN WHICH
VOU O R 06SEP T H E
OCEAN

. . . TILL IT R O SE HIGHER THAN THE

GANPHAMAPANA MOUNTAIN.
 BHEEMA AND HANUMAN
RETURN/NG TO Af/G EA R LtER SIZE,
HANCJMAN EMBRACBP* BHEEMA .

M Y FA TIG U E HAS
GONE f FILLECP
WITH YO UR STRENGTH
A N P YOUR B L E S S -
IN G 0 ,O HANUMAN,
WE A R E S U R E TO
CONQUER OUR >
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CHARGE A T T H E E N E M Y j I S H A L L
S IT O N A R J U N A yS F L A G S T A F F A N D
M Y R O A R S H A L L S T R IK E T E R R O R
. IN TO Y O U R E N E M IE S ’
H EA R TS.

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FEEL WEAK ANP
FAINT. THE LIGHT
EMANATING FROM
YOUR B O P Y PAZ.Z
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at t h e MOMENT OF PART/N6, THE TIDE

O F EMOT/ON THAT H E HAP STEMMEP FOR O , BHEEM A, M ?
60 LONG 8ROHE LOOSE. TEARS FLOWEC? E V E « ARE B L E S S E P
POWN H A N O M A N FA CE. B Y S E E IN G t/OU. WHEN
90U GO B A C K , WOU
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PON’T T E L L AN VON E
T H A T I LIVE H E R E .
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. . . TILL H E REACHED THE LAKE IN TH E
&AU6ANPWKA FOREST W HERE TH E LOTUS
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WHV HAVE
VOU COME
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A R E N O T P E R M IT T E D
. TO COM E H E R E .
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WHEN BHEEMA EXPLAINED yjuty
H E HAP COME THERE — YOU CANNOT PRINK
TH E WATER O F THIS
LAKE OR CARRY AWAY
TH E FLOW ERS W ITH O U T
k u b e ra ’s p e r m i s s i o n .

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THIS LAKE WHICH HAS
5PRUN& UP ON TH E
/MOUNTAIN BELONGS
TO A LL .
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VOU a r e T H E \
BROTHER O F \
M: % VUPHISHTHIRA, I
THE RIGHTEOUS ! J

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WITHOOT WAITING TO SA Y A N Y M O R E , BH EEM A PLUN6EC? INTO THE LA K E FOLLOW ED
B Y THE ANGRY RAHSHA&AB.

BHEEMA TORNED UPON H E HILLED OVER A

THEM IN A FURW. HONORED RAK&HA&AS.
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I KNOW 'W HV BHEEMA

\f> HERE ! RETURN T O
V06IR F06T& . L E T HIM
TAKE t o e f l o w e r s .
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THEN H E BEGAN TO FROL/C /A/ THE LAKE, SUCH WAS THE Z ES T WITH WHICH HE
THINHIN6 O F PRAURAPfe JO V A T HECEtV/NG MAPE SPO RT IN THE WATER THAT A
THE FLO W ER S. i--------------------------------------------------------------- VIOLENT STORM ARO SE, WHICH
WHIRLEP. WATER ANP STONES AROUND.
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CW/.f' Wf/V P/P VaPH/GNTH/RA R E A L IS E
TH A T PR A C IPA & I WAS SMILING SER EN ELY.

PRALIPAtPt, IS BHEEMA
B E N T ON PERFORMING SOME
G R E A T A C T ? OR HAS T H A T
HERO A L R E A P y ACHIEVEP
. SOME 6 R E A T F E A T ?

O K IN O ,
HE M U S T
HAVE FO UNP
(THE CELESTIAL
LO TU SES.

PO VOU t/UPHtGHTH/RA TO R N EIP /N A L A R M

REMEMBER TO G HATOTKACH A .
THE ONE I
GAVE v o a ? r VOtl KNOW WHERE
I H AP TO LP THE LAKE 15. TA K E
HIM TO 61* TH ER E B EFO R E
BRING SOME HE O F F E N P S THE
MORE O F CELESTIA L® A N P
THEM k INCURS THEIR
s X WRATH. ^
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&HEEMA M ER ELY SMILED IN R EP LY ANt? A L IT T L E L A T E R , K U B E R A ’s

GAVE THE FLOW ERS TO THE RAP/ANT R A K & H A S A GCJARP& C A M E TO
P R A U PA P f. TH E L A K E .

G O TO V06IR L O R P A N P
T E L L HIM T H A T I, Y U P H & H -
TH IR A , S E E K H/S PERM ISSION
T O L IV E F O R A W H ILE A T
T H IS S P O T .

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