Each of the Brothers in the Gita Symbolize Something. . .Bhima

Bhima, the second of the Pandava brothers, is all heart.  It is fitting that he correlates with the 4th chakra, Ananhata, also called "hrid padma".

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)

Each of the Brothers in the Gita Symbolize Something. . .Yudhisthira

It couldn't just be a story about a battle, could it?

Each of the brothers in the Bhagavad Gita symbolizes something.  The oldest of the Pandava brothers, Yudhisthira, is sybolic of the 5th chackra.

Factoids about Yudisthira:

• Yudhisthira means "firm in battle" or could also mean "faith and confidence", and could be interpreted as "hanging in there" even when disengagement would be more prudent.
  
• Yudishtira is the son of Kunti and the god Dharma (also called Yama), the god of Justice.
• Yudishtira is teh embodiment of virtue and purity, but is not shrewd.
  
• The 5th chackra is called Vishuddha Chackra.  Vishuddha means "pure".
• The 5th chackra is in the throat.
  
• Ether element is seated at Vishuddha Chackra
• The related sensory level of Vushuddha is sound, auditory sense.
• The bija mantra is "ham"
• The 16 petals of the chakra correspond to vowel sounds
• am (soft)
• am (strong)
• im (soft)   Nisada   Hum  (exorcise)
  
• im (strong)  Risabha  Phat  (emotional exorcism)
• um (strong)  Gandharva   Vausat  (sacrificial call)
  
• um (for all)  Madhyama  Svadha  (self determination)
• rim  Dhai vata   Svaha  (hail, blessing)
• rim  Pancama  Vina  (poison)
• lrim  Sa  Amrita  (nectar)
• em
• aim 
• om
• m (am)
• h (aha) 
• (anusvara, the nasal element) 
• (visarga, the aspirate element)
  

Letter	प्	Pronunciation	Pronunciation with /p/	IAST equiv.	ITRANS equiv.	English equivalent (GA unless stated otherwise)
अ	प	/ɐ/ or /ə/	/pɐ/ or /pə/	a	a	short near-open central vowel or schwa: u in bunny or a in about
आ	पा	/ɑː/	/pɑː/	ā	A	long open back unrounded vowel: a in father (RP)
इ	पि	/i/	/pi/	i	i	short close front unrounded vowel: e in england
ई	पी	/iː/	/piː/	ī	I	long close front unrounded vowel: ee in feet
उ	पु	/u/	/pu/	u	u	short close back rounded vowel: oo in foot
ऊ	पू	/uː/	/puː/	ū	U	long close back rounded vowel: oo in cool
ऋ	पृ	/ɻ/	/pɻ/	ṛ	R	short retroflex approximant: r in burl
ॠ	पॄ	/ɻː/	/pɻː/	ṝ	RR	long retroflex approximant r in burl
ऌ	पॢ	/ɭ/	/pɭ/	ḷ	LR	short retroflex lateral approximant (no English equivalent)
ॡ	पॣ	/ɭː/	/pɭː/	ḹ	LRR	long retroflex lateral approximant
ए	पे	/eː/	/peː/	e	e	long close-mid front unrounded vowel: a in bane (some speakers)
ऐ	पै	/əi/	/pəi/	ai	ai	a long diphthong: i in ice, i in kite (Canadian English)
ओ	पो	/oː/	/poː/	o	o	long close-mid back rounded vowel: o in bone (some speakers)
औ	पौ	/əu/	/pəu/	au	au	a long diphthong: Similar to the ou in house (Canadian English)

 (thanks Wikipeidia! )

• Yudhisthira represents faith and also purity.
• In Gyan yoga (the path of knowledge and study), he corresponds to Shraddha, faith and confidence.