Some factoids about Bhima:
- Bhima is all heart, but is easily swayed by emotion.
- Bihima is the son of Kunti and the god Vayu, the wind god.
- He is also seen as the either the son of Hanuman or some form of Hanuman, or as a reincarnation of Hanuman.
- The earth shook when Bhima was born.
- Bhima represents the positive qualities of cessation.
- He is able to take a strong vow or a difficult tapas.
- In Gyan Yoga, the term for Bhima is Uparati, cessation.
- His incognito postition in the Virata court was as a cook.
- He is described as having an enormous appetite and a big belly.
- Bhima is determined, and carries his whole family on his back when they can go no further.
- His opposite amont the Kauravas is Shakuni, who represents attachment, the klesa of raga.
- The 4th chakra, Anahata, is associated with the sound of creation, the unstruck sound.
- Anahata is associated with air, the sense involvements of sound and touch.
- The bija mantra is "yam"
- Anahata has 12 petals
- kam (hope, expectation)
- kham (care, anxiety)
- gam (endeavor)
- gham (attachment)
- nam (arrogance, hypocrisy)
- cham (languour, infirmity)
- ccham (conceit, egoism)
- jam (discrimination)
- jham (covetousness, timidity)
- jnam (duplicity, fraud)
- tam (indecisioun, suspicion)
- tham (regret)
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