Bhima kills Jarasandha by breaking his back
With his mind set on killing the tyrant Jarasandha, Bhima declares he will not spare the evil king's life. Krishna urges him to show the divine strength he inherited from the wind god, and Bhima lifts, whirls, and breaks the king over his knee.
Bhimasena had made up his mind. He had girded up his loincloth for the fight. He turned to Krishna of the Yadava lineage and said, “O Krishna! Now that I am ready, I should not spare this evil one his life.”
Krishna, the tiger among men, wanted to see Jarasandha dead. To rush Bhima into action, he replied, “O Bhima! Then quickly show us the spirit you have from the gods and the power you have from the wind. Show it on Jarasandha.”
At these words, the immensely strong Bhima, the destroyer of enemies, acted. He lifted the powerful Jarasandha off the ground. He whirled the king around one hundred times. Then, throwing Jarasandha down across his knee, he broke the king’s back in two. He trampled him down and roared out aloud.
The sound that followed was terrifying. When Jarasandha was pressed down and the Pandava roared, the combined noise was so loud it seemed to terrify all beings. In Magadha, people were benumbed. Expectant women aborted on hearing the roars of Bhimasena and Jarasandha. The residents wondered if the Himalaya mountain or the earth itself had been torn apart.
That night, the destroyers of enemies left the king’s dead body at the gate of the palace, arranged as if he were asleep, and departed.