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The iron Bhima that Dhritarashtra crushed

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Krishna saved Bhima by substituting a statue.

After the war Dhritarashtra embraces Yudhishthira and then wishes to embrace Bhima. Krishna, seeing his intent, pushes Bhima aside and substitutes an iron statue, which Dhritarashtra crushes and then weeps and apologizes.

Who: Dhritarashtra, Bhima, Krishna

Bound to

Gandhari's curse: 36 years and the Yadavas die mirror

Bhīma poisoned and thrown into the Gaṅgā: the Nāga realm and the elixir mirror

Where this comes from

• commentary · Wikipedia: Dhritarashtra (cites Ganguli)

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