Bhima Fights Baka

Verse 1 (1.177.1)

उपपन्नमिदं मातस्त्वया यद्बुद्धिपूर्वकम् । आर्तस्य ब्राह्मणस्यैतदनुक्रोशादिदं कृतम् ॥

upapannamidaṃ mātastvayā yadbuddhipūrvakam | ārtasya brāhmaṇasyaitadanukrośādidaṃ kṛtam

"Mother, what you have done after careful thought is right; you did it out of compassion for the brahmin in his distress.

Note on the text: Corresponds to CE 1.150.26ab–cd (ब्राह्मणस्यैतद् for brāhmaṇasyaivam).

Verse 2 (1.177.2)

ध्रुवमेष्यति भीमोऽयं निहत्य पुरुषादकम् । सर्वथा ब्राह्मणस्यार्थे यदनुक्रोशवत्यसि ॥

dhruvameṣyati bhīmo'yaṃ nihatya puruṣādakam | sarvathā brāhmaṇasyārthe yadanukrośavatyasi

Surely Bhima will come back, having slain the man-eater, since you are so wholly moved by compassion for the brahmin's cause.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 1.150.26ef; the second is not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.150.26*1644).

Verse 3 (1.177.3)

यथा त्विदं न विन्देयुर्नरा नगरवासिनः । तथाऽयं ब्राह्मणो वाच्यः परिग्राह्यश्च यत्नतः ॥

yathā tvidaṃ na vindeyurnarā nagaravāsinaḥ | tathā'yaṃ brāhmaṇo vācyaḥ parigrāhyaśca yatnataḥ

But the brahmin must be spoken to and carefully kept to it, so that the people who live in the city do not come to know of this."

Verse 4 (1.177.4)

युधिष्ठिरेण संमन्त्र्य ब्राह्मणार्थमरिन्दम । कुन्ती प्रविश्य तान्सर्वान्मन्त्रयामास भारत ॥

yudhiṣṭhireṇa saṃmantrya brāhmaṇārthamarindama | kuntī praviśya tānsarvānmantrayāmāsa bhārata

Having consulted with Yudhishthira about the brahmin's cause, O tamer of foes, Kunti went inside and took counsel with all of them, O Bharata.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) that opens Wikisource's bracketed passage. Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.150.27*1647).

Verse 5 (1.177.5)

अथ रात्र्यां व्यतीतायां भीमसेनो महाबलः । ब्राह्मणं समुपागम्य वचश्चेदमुवाच ह ॥

atha rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ | brāhmaṇaṃ samupāgamya vacaścedamuvāca ha

Then, when the night had passed, mighty Bhimasena went to the brahmin and spoke these words:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 1–2).

Verse 6 (1.177.6)

आपदस्त्वां विमोक्ष्येऽहं सपुत्रं ब्राह्मण प्रियम् । मा भैषी राक्षसात्तस्मान्मां ददातु बलिं भवान् ॥

āpadastvāṃ vimokṣye'haṃ saputraṃ brāhmaṇa priyam | mā bhaiṣī rākṣasāttasmānmāṃ dadātu baliṃ bhavān

"Brahmin, I will free you and your dear son from this danger. Do not fear that rakshasa; give me to him as your offering.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 3–4). Speaker set to Bhima (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but verses 6–8 are Bhima's words to the brahmin, introduced in verse 5, and the narrator's heading returns before verse 9; the critical edition's apparatus also marks Bhima as the speaker of these lines.

Verse 7 (1.177.7)

इह मामाशितं कर्तुं प्रयतस्व सकृद्गृहे । अथात्मानं प्रदास्यामि तस्मै घोराय रक्षसे ॥

iha māmāśitaṃ kartuṃ prayatasva sakṛdgṛhe | athātmānaṃ pradāsyāmi tasmai ghorāya rakṣase

Just once, make the effort here at home to feed me well; then I will give myself up to that dreadful rakshasa.

Note on the text: Corrected इद → इह, मामशितं → मामाशितं, आथात्मानं → अथात्मानं and प्रादास्यामि → प्रदास्यामि (misprints in Wikisource: द printed for ह, a dropped vowel sign ा that turns 'fed' into 'eaten', a wrongly lengthened initial vowel, and a spurious augment on a future; all four as in CE Appendix I, no. 92). Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 5–6). Speaker set to Bhima (see verse 6).

Verse 8 (1.177.8)

त्वरध्वं किं विलम्बध्वे मा चिरं कुरुतानघाः । व्यवस्येयं मनः प्राणैर्युष्मान्रक्षितुमद्य वै ॥

tvaradhvaṃ kiṃ vilambadhve mā ciraṃ kurutānaghāḥ | vyavasyeyaṃ manaḥ prāṇairyuṣmānrakṣitumadya vai

Hurry! Why do you delay? Do not be slow, sinless ones. Today I am resolved to protect you all with my life."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 7–8). Speaker set to Bhima (see verse 6).

Verse 9 (1.177.9)

एवमुक्तः स भीमेन ब्राह्मणो भरतर्षभ । सुहृदां तत्समाख्याय ददावन्नं सुसंस्कृतम् ॥

evamuktaḥ sa bhīmena brāhmaṇo bharatarṣabha | suhṛdāṃ tatsamākhyāya dadāvannaṃ susaṃskṛtam

Addressed thus by Bhima, O bull of the Bharatas, the brahmin told his friends of it and gave him well-prepared food.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 9–10).

Verse 10 (1.177.10)

पिशितोदनमाजह्रुरथास्मै पुरवासिनः । सघृतं सोपदंशं च सूपैर्नानाविधैः सह ॥

piśitodanamājahrurathāsmai puravāsinaḥ | saghṛtaṃ sopadaṃśaṃ ca sūpairnānāvidhaiḥ saha

Then the townspeople brought him meat and rice, with ghee and relishes, and many kinds of soups.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 11–12).

Verse 11 (1.177.11)

तदाऽशित्वा भीमसेनो मांसानि विविधानि च । मोदकानि च मुख्यानि चित्रोदनचयान्बहून् ॥

tadā'śitvā bhīmaseno māṃsāni vividhāni ca | modakāni ca mukhyāni citrodanacayānbahūn

Bhimasena ate all of it, and many kinds of meat besides, and the finest sweets, and heaps of varied rice dishes.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 13–14).

Verse 12 (1.177.12)

ततोऽपिबद्दधिघटान्सुबहून्द्रोणसंमितान् । तस्य भुक्तवतः पौरा यथावत्समुपार्जितान् ॥

tato'pibaddadhighaṭānsubahūndroṇasaṃmitān | tasya bhuktavataḥ paurā yathāvatsamupārjitān

Then he drank a great many pots of curd, each holding a drona. When he had eaten, the citizens, as was fitting,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 15–16).

Verse 13 (1.177.13)

उपजह्रुर्भृतं भागं समृद्धमनसस्तदा । ततो रात्र्यां व्यतीतायां सव्यञ्जनदधिप्लुतम् ॥

upajahrurbhṛtaṃ bhāgaṃ samṛddhamanasastadā | tato rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ savyañjanadadhiplutam

brought forward with glad hearts the share they had duly gathered. Then, when the night was over,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 17–18).

Verse 14 (1.177.14)

समारुह्यान्नसंपूर्णं शकटं स वृकोदरः । प्रययौ तूर्यनिर्घोषैः पौरैश्च परिवारितः ॥

samāruhyānnasaṃpūrṇaṃ śakaṭaṃ sa vṛkodaraḥ | prayayau tūryanirghoṣaiḥ pauraiśca parivāritaḥ

Vrikodara mounted the cart, laden with food, with relishes and soaked in curd, and set out to the sound of trumpets, surrounded by the townspeople.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 19–20).

Verse 15 (1.177.15)

आत्मानमेषोऽन्नभूतो राक्षसाय प्रदास्यति । तरुणोऽप्रतिरूपश्च दृढ औदरिको युवा ॥

ātmānameṣo'nnabhūto rākṣasāya pradāsyati | taruṇo'pratirūpaśca dṛḍha audariko yuvā

"He will give himself to the rakshasa, become food himself: so young, so matchless, so sturdy, a great eater in the prime of youth!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 21–22). Speaker set to the Citizens (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but the whole verse is the townspeople's praise, which verse 16 reports ('praised with words of this kind').

Verse 16 (1.177.16)

वाग्भिरेवंप्रकाराभिः स्तूयमानो वृकोदरः । चुचोद स बलीवर्दौ युक्तौ सर्वाङ्गकालकौ ॥

vāgbhirevaṃprakārābhiḥ stūyamāno vṛkodaraḥ | cucoda sa balīvardau yuktau sarvāṅgakālakau

Praised with words of this kind, Vrikodara drove on the two bullocks yoked to the cart, black in every limb.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 23–24).

Verse 17 (1.177.17)

वादित्राणां प्रवादेन ततस्तं पुरुषादकम् । अभ्यगच्छत्सुसंहृष्टः सर्वत्र मनुजैर्वृतः ॥

vāditrāṇāṃ pravādena tatastaṃ puruṣādakam | abhyagacchatsusaṃhṛṣṭaḥ sarvatra manujairvṛtaḥ

Amid the sounding of instruments, in high spirits and surrounded on all sides by people, he went toward the man-eater.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 25–26).

Verse 18 (1.177.18)

संप्राप्य स च तं देशमेकाकी समुपाययौ । पुरुषादभयाद्भीतस्तत्रैवासीज्जनव्रजः ॥

saṃprāpya sa ca taṃ deśamekākī samupāyayau | puruṣādabhayādbhītastatraivāsījjanavrajaḥ

When he reached that region he went on alone; the crowd of people, afraid of the man-eater, stayed where they were.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 27–28).

Verse 19 (1.177.19)

स गत्वा दूरमध्वानं दक्षिणामभितो दिशम् । यथोपदिष्टमुद्देशे ददर्श विपुलं द्रुमम् ॥

sa gatvā dūramadhvānaṃ dakṣiṇāmabhito diśam | yathopadiṣṭamuddeśe dadarśa vipulaṃ drumam

Going a long way toward the south, he saw at the spot described to him a huge tree,

Note on the text: Corrected यतोपदिष्टम् → यथोपदिष्टम् (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ, which leaves no valid sandhi; as in CE Appendix I, no. 92). Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 29–30).

Verse 20 (1.177.20)

केशमज्जास्थिमेदोभिर्बाहूरुचरणैरपि । आर्द्रैः शुष्कैश्च संकीर्णमभितोऽथ वनस्पतिम् ॥

keśamajjāsthimedobhirbāhūrucaraṇairapi | ārdraiḥ śuṣkaiśca saṃkīrṇamabhito'tha vanaspatim

a great tree strewn all around with hair, marrow, bones and fat, with arms, thighs and feet, some fresh and some dried,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 31–32).

Verse 21 (1.177.21)

गृध्रकङ्कबलच्छन्नं गोमायुगणसेवितम् । उग्रगन्धमचक्षुष्यं श्मशानमिव दारुणम् ॥

gṛdhrakaṅkabalacchannaṃ gomāyugaṇasevitam | ugragandhamacakṣuṣyaṃ śmaśānamiva dāruṇam

covered with vultures, herons and crows, haunted by packs of jackals, foul-smelling, unbearable to look at, dreadful as a cremation ground.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 33–34).

Verse 22 (1.177.22)

तं प्रविश्य महावृक्षं चिन्तयामास वीर्यवान् । यावन्न पश्यते रक्षो बकाभिख्यं बलोत्तरम् ॥

taṃ praviśya mahāvṛkṣaṃ cintayāmāsa vīryavān | yāvanna paśyate rakṣo bakābhikhyaṃ balottaram

Coming under that great tree, the mighty hero thought: "As long as the rakshasa called Baka, surpassing in strength, does not see me,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 35–36).

Verse 23 (1.177.23)

आचितं विविधैर्भोज्यैरन्नैरुच्चावचैरिदम् । शकटं सूपसंपूर्णं यावद्द्रक्ष्यति राक्षसः ॥

ācitaṃ vividhairbhojyairannairuccāvacairidam | śakaṭaṃ sūpasaṃpūrṇaṃ yāvaddrakṣyati rākṣasaḥ

as long as the rakshasa does not see this cart, heaped with every kind of food, fine and plain, and full of soups,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 37–38).

Verse 24 (1.177.24)

तावदेवेह भोक्ष्येऽहं दुर्लभं हि पुनर्भवेत् । विप्रकीर्येत सर्वं हि प्रयुद्धे मयि रक्षसा ॥

tāvadeveha bhokṣye'haṃ durlabhaṃ hi punarbhavet | viprakīryeta sarvaṃ hi prayuddhe mayi rakṣasā

just so long I will eat here, for this will be hard to come by again. Once I am fighting the rakshasa, it will all be scattered,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 39–40).

Verse 25 (1.177.25)

अभोज्यं हि शवस्पर्शे निगृहीते बके भवेत् । स त्वेवं भीमकर्मा तु भीमसेनोऽभिलक्ष्य च ॥

abhojyaṃ hi śavasparśe nigṛhīte bake bhavet | sa tvevaṃ bhīmakarmā tu bhīmaseno'bhilakṣya ca

and once Baka is overpowered, the touch of his corpse will make the food unfit to eat." Having weighed this, Bhimasena of terrible deeds

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 41–42).

Verse 26 (1.177.26)

उपविश्य विविक्तेऽन्नं भुङ्क्ते स्म परमं परः । तं ततः सर्वतोऽपश्यन्द्रुमानारुह्य नागराः ॥

upaviśya vivikte'nnaṃ bhuṅkte sma paramaṃ paraḥ | taṃ tataḥ sarvato'paśyandrumānāruhya nāgarāḥ

sat down in a secluded place, and that supreme hero ate the excellent food. Then the townspeople, who had climbed the trees, watched him from every side,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 43–44).

Verse 27 (1.177.27)

नारक्षो बलिमश्नीयादेवं बहु च मानवाः । भुङ्क्ते ब्राह्मणरूपेण बकोऽयमिति चाब्रुवन् ॥

nārakṣo balimaśnīyādevaṃ bahu ca mānavāḥ | bhuṅkte brāhmaṇarūpeṇa bako'yamiti cābruvan

and many of them said, "No one but a rakshasa would eat the offering like this. This is Baka himself, eating in the shape of a brahmin!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, lines 45–46).

Verse 28 (1.177.28)

स तं हसति तेजस्वी तदन्नमुपभुज्य च । आसाद्य तु वनं तस्य रक्षसः पाण्डवो बली । आजुहाव ततो नाम्ना तदन्नमुपपादयन् ॥

sa taṃ hasati tejasvī tadannamupabhujya ca | āsādya tu vanaṃ tasya rakṣasaḥ pāṇḍavo balī | ājuhāva tato nāmnā tadannamupapādayan

The splendid hero laughed at them as he ate the food. Having come to the rakshasa's forest, the mighty son of Pandu called him by name, all the while helping himself to the food.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (') and danda that close Wikisource's bracketed passage. A three-line verse as printed: the first line is not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE Appendix I, no. 92, line 47); the second and third are CE 1.151.2.

Verse 29 (1.177.29)

ततः स राक्षसः क्रुद्धो भीमस्य वचनात्तदा । आजगाम सुसंक्रुद्धो यत्र भीमो व्यवस्थितः ॥

tataḥ sa rākṣasaḥ kruddho bhīmasya vacanāttadā | ājagāma susaṃkruddho yatra bhīmo vyavasthitaḥ

Then that rakshasa, enraged at Bhima's words, came in great fury to where Bhima was.

Verse 30 (1.177.30)

महाकायो महावेगो दारयन्निव मेदिनीम् । लोहिताक्षः करालश्च लोहितश्मश्रुमूर्धजः ॥

mahākāyo mahāvego dārayanniva medinīm | lohitākṣaḥ karālaśca lohitaśmaśrumūrdhajaḥ

Huge of body and great in speed, as if splitting the earth, red-eyed and fearsome, with red beard and hair,

Note on the text: The first line is CE 1.151.4ab; the second is not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.151.4*1648, line 1).

Verse 31 (1.177.31)

आकर्णाद्भिन्नवक्त्रश्च शङ्कुकर्णो विभीषणः । त्रिशिखां भ्रुकुटिं कृत्वा संदश्य दशनच्छदम् ॥

ākarṇādbhinnavaktraśca śaṅkukarṇo vibhīṣaṇaḥ | triśikhāṃ bhrukuṭiṃ kṛtvā saṃdaśya daśanacchadam

his mouth split to the ears, his ears like stakes, a terror to see, he knit his brows into three furrows and bit his lip.

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.151.4*1648, line 2); the second is CE 1.151.4cd.

Verse 32 (1.177.32)

भुञ्जानमन्नं तं दृष्ट्वा भीमसेनं स राक्षसः । विवृत्य नयने क्रुद्ध इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

bhuñjānamannaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmasenaṃ sa rākṣasaḥ | vivṛtya nayane kruddha idaṃ vacanamabravīt

Seeing Bhimasena eating the food, the rakshasa opened his eyes wide and in anger spoke these words:

Verse 33 (1.177.33)

कोऽयमन्नमिदं भुङ्क्ते मदर्थमुपकल्पितम् । पश्यतो मम दुर्बुद्धिर्यियासुर्यमसादनम् ॥

ko'yamannamidaṃ bhuṅkte madarthamupakalpitam | paśyato mama durbuddhiryiyāsuryamasādanam

"Who is this fool who eats the food prepared for me, before my very eyes? He must be eager to go to Yama's abode!"

Note on the text: Speaker set to Baka (input carried over Vaishampayana): Wikisource prints no heading, but the whole verse is the rakshasa's speech introduced in verse 32.

Verse 34 (1.177.34)

भीमसेनस्ततः श्रुत्वा प्रहसन्निव भारत । राक्षसं तमनादृत्य भुङ्क्त एव पराङ्मुखः ॥

bhīmasenastataḥ śrutvā prahasanniva bhārata | rākṣasaṃ tamanādṛtya bhuṅkta eva parāṅmukhaḥ

Hearing this, O Bharata, Bhimasena seemed to laugh, and paying the rakshasa no heed, went on eating with his face turned away.

Verse 35 (1.177.35)

रवं स भैरवं कृत्वा समुद्यम्य करावुभौ । अभ्यद्रवद्भीमसेनं जिघांसुः पुरुषादकः ॥

ravaṃ sa bhairavaṃ kṛtvā samudyamya karāvubhau | abhyadravadbhīmasenaṃ jighāṃsuḥ puruṣādakaḥ

With a terrible roar, raising both his hands, the man-eater rushed at Bhimasena, intent on killing him.

Note on the text: Corrected जिङांसुः → जिघांसुः (misprint in Wikisource; ङ for घ, as in the critical edition).

Verse 36 (1.177.36)

तथापि परिभूयैनं प्रेक्षमाणो वृकोदरः । राक्षसं भुङ्क्त एवान्नं पाण्डवः परवीरहा ॥

tathāpi paribhūyainaṃ prekṣamāṇo vṛkodaraḥ | rākṣasaṃ bhuṅkta evānnaṃ pāṇḍavaḥ paravīrahā

Even so Vrikodara, the son of Pandu, slayer of enemy heroes, merely eyed the rakshasa with contempt and went on eating the food.

Verse 37 (1.177.37)

अमर्षेण तु संपूर्णः कुन्तीपुत्रं वृकोदरम् । जघान पृष्ठे पाणिभ्यामुभाभ्यां पृष्ठतः स्थितः ॥

amarṣeṇa tu saṃpūrṇaḥ kuntīputraṃ vṛkodaram | jaghāna pṛṣṭhe pāṇibhyāmubhābhyāṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ sthitaḥ

Filled with fury, standing behind Kunti's son Vrikodara, the rakshasa struck him on the back with both hands.

Verse 38 (1.177.38)

तथा बलवता भीमः पाणिभ्यां भृशमाहतः । नैवावलोकयामास राक्षसं भुङ्क्त एव सः ॥

tathā balavatā bhīmaḥ pāṇibhyāṃ bhṛśamāhataḥ | naivāvalokayāmāsa rākṣasaṃ bhuṅkta eva saḥ

Though struck hard with both hands by that mighty one, Bhima did not so much as look at the rakshasa, but went on eating.

Verse 39 (1.177.39)

ततः स भूयः संक्रुद्धो वृक्षमादाय राक्षसः । ताडयिष्यंस्तदा भीमं पुनरभ्यद्रवद्बली ॥

tataḥ sa bhūyaḥ saṃkruddho vṛkṣamādāya rākṣasaḥ | tāḍayiṣyaṃstadā bhīmaṃ punarabhyadravadbalī

Then the mighty rakshasa, angrier still, took up a tree and rushed at Bhima again, meaning to strike him with it.

Verse 40 (1.177.40)

क्षिप्तं क्रुद्धेन तं वृक्षं प्रतिजग्राह वीर्यवान् । सव्येन पाणिना भीमो दक्षिणेनाप्यभुङ्क्त ह ॥

kṣiptaṃ kruddhena taṃ vṛkṣaṃ pratijagrāha vīryavān | savyena pāṇinā bhīmo dakṣiṇenāpyabhuṅkta ha

The tree that was hurled at him in anger, valiant Bhima caught with his left hand, and with his right went on eating.

Verse 41 (1.177.41)

शकटान्नं ततो भुक्त्वा रक्षसः पाणिना सह । गृह्णन्नेव तदा वृक्षं निःशेषं पर्वतोपमम् ॥

śakaṭānnaṃ tato bhuktvā rakṣasaḥ pāṇinā saha | gṛhṇanneva tadā vṛkṣaṃ niḥśeṣaṃ parvatopamam

So, eating the food on the cart while the rakshasa's hands rained on him, and holding all the while the whole tree, huge as a mountain,

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (`) that opens Wikisource's bracketed passage. Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.151.13*1652, lines 1–2).

Verse 42 (1.177.42)

भीमसेनो हसन्नेव भुक्त्वा त्यक्त्वा च राक्षसम् । पीत्वा दधिघटान्पूर्णान्घृतकुम्भाञ्शतं शतम् ॥

bhīmaseno hasanneva bhuktvā tyaktvā ca rākṣasam | pītvā dadhighaṭānpūrṇānghṛtakumbhāñśataṃ śatam

Bhimasena, laughing, finished his meal and left the rakshasa aside; he drank the full pots of curd and the jars of ghee, hundreds upon hundreds,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.151.13*1652, lines 3–4).

Verse 43 (1.177.43)

वार्युपस्पृश्य संहृष्टस्तस्थौ गिरिरिवापरः । भ्रामयन्तं महावृक्षमायान्तं भीमदर्शनम् ॥

vāryupaspṛśya saṃhṛṣṭastasthau giririvāparaḥ | bhrāmayantaṃ mahāvṛkṣamāyāntaṃ bhīmadarśanam

rinsed his mouth with water, and stood up, delighted, like a second mountain. Seeing the rakshasa coming on, terrible to behold, whirling the great tree,

Note on the text: The first line is close to CE 1.151.13cd (गिरिरिवापरः for yudhi mahābalaḥ); the second is not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.151.13*1650, line 2).

Verse 44 (1.177.44)

दृष्ट्वोत्थायाहवे वीरः सिंहनादं व्यनादयत् । भुजवेगं तथाऽऽस्फोटं क्ष्वेलितं च महास्वनम् ॥

dṛṣṭvotthāyāhave vīraḥ siṃhanādaṃ vyanādayat | bhujavegaṃ tathā''sphoṭaṃ kṣvelitaṃ ca mahāsvanam

the hero rose for battle and let out a lion's roar. He slapped his arms with force and gave a great shout of challenge;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.151.13*1650, line 3, and *1651, line 1).

Verse 45 (1.177.45)

कृत्वाऽऽह्वयत संक्रुद्धो भीमसेनोऽथ राक्षसम् । उवाचाशनिशब्देन ध्वनिना भीषयन्निव ॥

kṛtvā''hvayata saṃkruddho bhīmaseno'tha rākṣasam | uvācāśaniśabdena dhvaninā bhīṣayanniva

and so, enraged, Bhimasena challenged the rakshasa, and spoke in a voice like a thunderclap, as if to terrify him:

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.151.13*1651, line 2, and *1651a).

Verse 46 (1.177.46)

बहुकालं सुपुष्टं ते शरीरं राक्षसाधम । द्विपच्चतुष्पन्मांसैश्च बहुभिश्चौदनैरपि ॥

bahukālaṃ supuṣṭaṃ te śarīraṃ rākṣasādhama | dvipaccatuṣpanmāṃsaiśca bahubhiścaudanairapi

"Vilest of rakshasas, for a long time your body has been well fattened on the flesh of two-footed and four-footed creatures, and on heaps of rice.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.151.13*1651, line 3, and *1651b).

Verse 47 (1.177.47)

मद्बाहुबलमाश्रित्य न त्वं भूयस्त्वशिष्यसि । अद्य मद्बाहुनिष्पिष्टो गमिष्यसि यमालयम् ॥

madbāhubalamāśritya na tvaṃ bhūyastvaśiṣyasi | adya madbāhuniṣpiṣṭo gamiṣyasi yamālayam

Now that you have come up against the strength of my arms, you will feed no more. Crushed by my arms today, you will go to Yama's abode.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.151.13*1651, lines 4–5).

Verse 48 (1.177.48)

अद्यप्रभृति स्वप्स्यन्ति वेत्रकीयनिवासिनः । निरुद्विग्नाः पुरस्यास्य कण्टके सूद्धृते मया ॥

adyaprabhṛti svapsyanti vetrakīyanivāsinaḥ | nirudvignāḥ purasyāsya kaṇṭake sūddhṛte mayā

From today the people of Vetrakiya will sleep free of fear, once I have pulled out this thorn in their city's side.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.151.13*1651, lines 6–7).

Verse 49 (1.177.49)

अद्य युद्धे शरीरं ते कङ्कगोमायुवायसाः । मया हतस्य खादन्तु विकर्षन्तु च भूतले ॥

adya yuddhe śarīraṃ te kaṅkagomāyuvāyasāḥ | mayā hatasya khādantu vikarṣantu ca bhūtale

Today, when I have killed you in battle, let herons, jackals and crows devour your body and drag it about on the ground."

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.151.13*1651, lines 8–9).

Verse 50 (1.177.50)

एवमुक्त्वा सुसंक्रुद्धः पार्थो बकजिघांसया । उपाधावद्बकश्चापि पार्थं पार्थिवसत्तम ॥

evamuktvā susaṃkruddhaḥ pārtho bakajighāṃsayā | upādhāvadbakaścāpi pārthaṃ pārthivasattama

Having said this, the son of Pritha, in great fury, rushed at Baka, eager to kill him; and Baka too ran at Partha, O best of kings,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.151.13*1651, lines 10–11).

Verse 51 (1.177.51)

महाकायो महावेगो दारयन्निव मेदिनीम् । पिशङ्गरूपः पिङ्गाक्षो भीमसेनमभिद्रवत् ॥

mahākāyo mahāvego dārayanniva medinīm | piśaṅgarūpaḥ piṅgākṣo bhīmasenamabhidravat

huge of body, swift, as if splitting the earth; tawny of form and yellow-eyed, he charged at Bhimasena.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.151.13*1651, lines 12–13).

Verse 52 (1.177.52)

त्रिशिखां भ्रुकुटीं कृत्वा संदश्य दशनच्छदम् । भृशं स भूयः संक्रुद्धो वृक्षमादाय राक्षसः ॥

triśikhāṃ bhrukuṭīṃ kṛtvā saṃdaśya daśanacchadam | bhṛśaṃ sa bhūyaḥ saṃkruddho vṛkṣamādāya rākṣasaḥ

Knitting his brows into three furrows and biting his lip, the rakshasa, angrier than ever, took up a tree,

Note on the text: The first line is not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.151.13*1651, line 14); the second is a variant of CE 1.151.12ab.

Verse 53 (1.177.53)

ताडयिष्यंस्तदा भीमं तरसाऽभ्यद्रवद्बली । क्रुद्धेनाभिहतं वृक्षं प्रतिजग्राह लीलया ॥

tāḍayiṣyaṃstadā bhīmaṃ tarasā'bhyadravadbalī | kruddhenābhihataṃ vṛkṣaṃ pratijagrāha līlayā

and the mighty one rushed swiftly at Bhima to strike him. The tree swung at him in anger Bhima caught with ease

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 1.151.12cd; the second, of CE 1.151.14ab.

Verse 54 (1.177.54)

सव्येन पाणिना भीमः प्रहसन्निव भारत । ततः स पुनरुद्यम्य वृक्षान्बहुविधान्बली ॥

savyena pāṇinā bhīmaḥ prahasanniva bhārata | tataḥ sa punarudyamya vṛkṣānbahuvidhānbalī

in his left hand, as if laughing, O Bharata. Then the mighty Baka again lifted trees of many kinds

Note on the text: The first line is CE 1.151.14cd; the second is CE 1.151.15ab.

Verse 55 (1.177.55)

प्राहिणोद्भीमसेनाय बकोऽपि बलवान्रणे । सर्वानपोहयद्वृक्षान्स्वस्य हस्तस्य शाखया ॥

prāhiṇodbhīmasenāya bako'pi balavānraṇe | sarvānapohayadvṛkṣānsvasya hastasya śākhayā

and, strong in battle, hurled them at Bhimasena; but Bhima beat all those trees aside with a bough held in his own hand.

Note on the text: The first line is a variant of CE 1.151.15cd; the second is close to CE apparatus 1.151.15*1654 (not in the critical edition's main text).

Verse 56 (1.177.56)

तद्वृक्षयुद्धमभवद्वृक्षषण्डविनाशनम् । महत्सुघोरं राजेन्द्र बकपाण्डवयोस्तदा ॥

tadvṛkṣayuddhamabhavadvṛkṣaṣaṇḍavināśanam | mahatsughoraṃ rājendra bakapāṇḍavayostadā

Then a tree-fight broke out between Baka and the son of Pandu, O king of kings, huge and most terrible, laying waste whole groves.

Note on the text: A variant of CE 1.151.16.

Verse 57 (1.177.57)

नाम विश्राव्य स बकः समभिद्रुत्य पाण्डवम् । समयुध्यत तीव्रेण वेगेन पुरुषादकः ॥

nāma viśrāvya sa bakaḥ samabhidrutya pāṇḍavam | samayudhyata tīvreṇa vegena puruṣādakaḥ

Proclaiming his own name, Baka the man-eater rushed at the son of Pandu and fought with fierce speed.

Note on the text: The first line is close to CE 1.151.17ab; the second differs from the critical edition.

Verse 58 (1.177.58)

तयोर्वेगेन महता पृथिवी समकम्पत । पादपांश्च महामात्रांश्चूर्णयामासतुः क्षणात् ॥

tayorvegena mahatā pṛthivī samakampata | pādapāṃśca mahāmātrāṃścūrṇayāmāsatuḥ kṣaṇāt

With their tremendous force the earth shook, and in a moment they ground huge trees to dust.

Verse 59 (1.177.59)

द्रुतमागत्य पाणिभ्यां गृहीत्वा चैनमाक्षिपत् । आक्षिप्तो भीमसेनश्च पुनरेवोत्थितो हसन् ॥

drutamāgatya pāṇibhyāṃ gṛhītvā cainamākṣipat | ākṣipto bhīmasenaśca punarevotthito hasan

Rushing in, Baka seized him with both hands and flung him down; but Bhimasena, flung down, rose again, laughing.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; close to CE Appendix I, no. 93, lines 1–2).

Verse 60 (1.177.60)

आलिङ्ग्यापि बकं भीमो न्यहनद्वसुधातले । भीमो विसर्जयित्वैनं समाश्वसिहि राक्षस ॥

āliṅgyāpi bakaṃ bhīmo nyahanadvasudhātale | bhīmo visarjayitvainaṃ samāśvasihi rākṣasa

Bhima in turn grappled Baka and struck him down on the ground; then he let him go: "Catch your breath, rakshasa!"

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; close to CE Appendix I, no. 93, lines 3–4).

Verse 61 (1.177.61)

इत्युक्त्वा पुनरास्फोट्य उत्तिष्ठेति च सोऽब्रवीत् । समुत्पत्य ततः क्रुद्धो रूपं कृत्वा महत्तरम् ॥

ityuktvā punarāsphoṭya uttiṣṭheti ca so'bravīt | samutpatya tataḥ kruddho rūpaṃ kṛtvā mahattaram

So saying, he slapped his arms again and said, "Get up!" Then the rakshasa sprang up in rage and took on a far greater form,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; close to CE Appendix I, no. 93, lines 5–6).

Verse 62 (1.177.62)

विरूपः सहसा तस्थौ तर्जयित्वा वृकोदरम् । अहसद्भीमसेनोऽपि राक्षसं भीमदर्शनम् ॥

virūpaḥ sahasā tasthau tarjayitvā vṛkodaram | ahasadbhīmaseno'pi rākṣasaṃ bhīmadarśanam

and stood there, hideous, suddenly threatening Vrikodara. Bhimasena only laughed at the rakshasa, dreadful as he was to look at.

Note on the text: Removed a stray footnote numeral (2) after तस्थौ. Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; close to CE Appendix I, no. 93, lines 7–8).

Verse 63 (1.177.63)

असौ गृहीत्वा पाणिभ्यां पृष्ठतश्च व्यवस्थितः । जानुभ्यां पीडयित्वाथ पातयामास भूतले ॥

asau gṛhītvā pāṇibhyāṃ pṛṣṭhataśca vyavasthitaḥ | jānubhyāṃ pīḍayitvātha pātayāmāsa bhūtale

Standing behind him, Bhima seized him with both hands, crushed him between his knees, and threw him to the ground.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; close to CE Appendix I, no. 93, lines 9–10, which differ in wording).

Verse 64 (1.177.64)

पुनः क्रुद्धो विसृज्यैनं राक्षसं क्रोधजीवितम् । स्वां कटीमीषदुन्नम्य बाहू तस्य परामृशत् ॥

punaḥ kruddho visṛjyainaṃ rākṣasaṃ krodhajīvitam | svāṃ kaṭīmīṣadunnamya bāhū tasya parāmṛśat

Again, in anger, he let go of the rakshasa, whose very life was rage; then, bending a little at the waist, he took hold of his arms.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; close to CE Appendix I, no. 93, lines 11–12).

Verse 65 (1.177.65)

तस्य बाहू समादाय त्वरमाणो वृकोदरः । उत्क्षिप्य चावधूयैनं पातयन्बलवान्भुवि ॥

tasya bāhū samādāya tvaramāṇo vṛkodaraḥ | utkṣipya cāvadhūyainaṃ pātayanbalavānbhuvi

Seizing his arms, Vrikodara swiftly lifted him, shook him, and with all his strength hurled him to the earth.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; close to CE Appendix I, no. 93, lines 13–14).

Verse 66 (1.177.66)

तं तु वामेन पादेन क्रुद्धो भीमपराक्रमः । उरस्येनं समाजघ्ने भीमस्तु पतितं भुवि ॥

taṃ tu vāmena pādena kruddho bhīmaparākramaḥ | urasyenaṃ samājaghne bhīmastu patitaṃ bhuvi

As the rakshasa lay fallen on the ground, Bhima of terrible prowess, in anger, struck him on the chest with his left foot.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; close to CE Appendix I, no. 93, lines 15–16).

Verse 67 (1.177.67)

व्यात्ताननेन घोरेण लम्बजिह्वेन रक्षसा । तेनाभिद्रुत्य भीमेन भीमो मूर्ध्नि समाहतः ॥

vyāttānanena ghoreṇa lambajihvena rakṣasā | tenābhidrutya bhīmena bhīmo mūrdhni samāhataḥ

Then the dreadful rakshasa, jaws gaping and tongue lolling, rushed at Bhima and struck him on the head.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; close to CE Appendix I, no. 93, lines 18–19).

Verse 68 (1.177.68)

एवं निहन्यमानः स राक्षसेन बलीयसा । रोषेण महताऽऽविष्टो भीमो भीमपराक्रमः ॥

evaṃ nihanyamānaḥ sa rākṣasena balīyasā | roṣeṇa mahatā''viṣṭo bhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ

Struck in this way by the powerful rakshasa, Bhima of terrible prowess was filled with a mighty rage.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; close to CE Appendix I, no. 93, lines 21–22).

Verse 69 (1.177.69)

गृहीत्वा मध्यमुत्क्षिप्य बली जग्राह राक्षसम् । तावन्योन्यं पीडयन्तौ पुरुषादवृकोदरौ ॥

gṛhītvā madhyamutkṣipya balī jagrāha rākṣasam | tāvanyonyaṃ pīḍayantau puruṣādavṛkodarau

Seizing him by the middle and lifting him up, the mighty one locked the rakshasa in his grip. Then the two, the man-eater and Vrikodara, crushing each other,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; close to CE Appendix I, no. 93, lines 23–24).

Verse 70 (1.177.70)

मत्ताविव महानागावन्योन्यं विचकर्षतुः ॥

mattāviva mahānāgāvanyonyaṃ vicakarṣatuḥ

dragged each other about like two great elephants in rut.

Note on the text: A single line as printed in Wikisource; it completes the sentence of verse 69. Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; close to CE Appendix I, no. 93, line 25).

Verse 71 (1.177.71)

बाहुविक्षेपशब्दैश्च भीमराक्षसयोस्तदा । वेत्रकीयपुरी सर्वा वित्रस्ता समपद्यत ॥

bāhuvikṣepaśabdaiśca bhīmarākṣasayostadā | vetrakīyapurī sarvā vitrastā samapadyata

At the sound of the blows of Bhima's and the rakshasa's arms, the whole city of Vetrakiya was struck with terror.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (') and a doubled danda that close Wikisource's bracketed passage. Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; close to CE Appendix I, no. 93, lines 26–27).

Verse 72 (1.177.72)

तयोर्वेगेन महता तत्र भूमिरकम्पत । पादपान्वीरुधश्चैव चूर्णयामासतू रयात् ॥

tayorvegena mahatā tatra bhūmirakampata | pādapānvīrudhaścaiva cūrṇayāmāsatū rayāt

With their tremendous force the ground there shook, and in their rush they crushed trees and creepers to powder.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; close to CE Appendix I, no. 93, lines 28–29).

Verse 73 (1.177.73)

समागतौ च तौ वीरावन्योन्यवधकाङ्क्षिणौ । गिरिभिर्गिरिशृङ्गैश्च पाषाणैः पर्वतच्युतैः ॥

samāgatau ca tau vīrāvanyonyavadhakāṅkṣiṇau | giribhirgiriśṛṅgaiśca pāṣāṇaiḥ parvatacyutaiḥ

The two heroes closed with each other, each longing to kill the other. With hills and mountain peaks, and with rocks fallen from the mountains,

Note on the text: Corrected गिरिशृह्गैश्च → गिरिशृङ्गैश्च (misprint in Wikisource; a broken conjunct, ह्ग for ङ्ग). Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension): the first line is close to CE Appendix I, no. 93, line 30; the second is not in the critical edition.

Verse 74 (1.177.74)

अन्योन्यं ताडयन्तौ तौ चूर्णयामासतुस्तदा । आयामविस्तराभ्यां च परितो योजनद्वयम् ॥

anyonyaṃ tāḍayantau tau cūrṇayāmāsatustadā | āyāmavistarābhyāṃ ca parito yojanadvayam

they battered each other and smashed them all to powder. For two yojanas all around, in length and breadth,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the first line is close to CE Appendix I, no. 93, line 31.

Verse 75 (1.177.75)

निर्महीरुहपाषाणतृणकुञ्जलतावलिम् । चक्रतुर्युद्धदुर्मत्तौ कूर्मपृष्ठोपमां महीम् ॥

nirmahīruhapāṣāṇatṛṇakuñjalatāvalim | cakraturyuddhadurmattau kūrmapṛṣṭhopamāṃ mahīm

the two, mad with battle, left the earth like a tortoise's back, stripped of trees, rocks, grass, thickets and tangles of creepers.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 76 (1.177.76)

मुहूर्तमेवं संयुध्य समं रक्षःकुरूद्वहौ । ततो रक्षोविनाशाय मतिं कृत्वा कुरूत्तमः ॥

muhūrtamevaṃ saṃyudhya samaṃ rakṣaḥkurūdvahau | tato rakṣovināśāya matiṃ kṛtvā kurūttamaḥ

When the rakshasa and the pride of the Kurus had fought thus as equals for a while, the best of the Kurus set his mind on destroying the rakshasa.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 77 (1.177.77)

दन्तान्कटकटीकृत्य दष्ट्वा च दशनच्छदम् । नेत्रे संवृत्य विकटं तिर्यक्प्रैक्षत राक्षसम् ॥

dantānkaṭakaṭīkṛtya daṣṭvā ca daśanacchadam | netre saṃvṛtya vikaṭaṃ tiryakpraikṣata rākṣasam

Gnashing his teeth and biting his lip, he rolled his eyes fearsomely and glared sidelong at the rakshasa.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 78 (1.177.78)

अथ तं लोलयित्वा तु भीमसेनो महाबलः । अगृह्णात्परिरभ्यैनं बाहुभ्यां परिरभ्य च ॥

atha taṃ lolayitvā tu bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ | agṛhṇātparirabhyainaṃ bāhubhyāṃ parirabhya ca

Then mighty Bhimasena, swinging him to and fro, seized him, clasping him tight in both arms.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; close to CE Appendix I, no. 93, lines 32–33).

Verse 79 (1.177.79)

जानुभ्यां पार्श्वयोः कुक्षौ पृष्ठे वक्षसि जघ्निवान् । भग्नोरुबाहुहृच्चैव विस्रंसद्देहबन्धनः ॥

jānubhyāṃ pārśvayoḥ kukṣau pṛṣṭhe vakṣasi jaghnivān | bhagnorubāhuhṛccaiva visraṃsaddehabandhanaḥ

He struck him with his knees in the sides, the belly, the back and the chest. Thighs, arms and heart broken, the joints of his body coming apart,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 80 (1.177.80)

प्रस्वेददीर्घनिश्वासो निर्यञ्जीवाक्षितारकः । अजाण्डास्फोटनं कुर्वन्नाक्रोशंश्च श्वसञ्छनैः ॥

prasvedadīrghaniśvāso niryañjīvākṣitārakaḥ | ajāṇḍāsphoṭanaṃ kurvannākrośaṃśca śvasañchanaiḥ

drenched in sweat, breathing in long gasps, his life and the pupils of his eyes starting out, making a sharp cracking sound, crying out and breathing ever more faintly,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 81 (1.177.81)

भूमौ निपत्य विलुठन्दण्डाहत इवोरगः । विस्फुरन्तं महाकायं परितो विचकर्ष ह ॥

bhūmau nipatya viluṭhandaṇḍāhata ivoragaḥ | visphurantaṃ mahākāyaṃ parito vicakarṣa ha

he fell to the ground and writhed like a snake struck with a stick. Bhima dragged the huge, thrashing body all around.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension); the second line is close to CE 1.151.18cd and to CE Appendix I, no. 93, line 35.

Verse 82 (1.177.82)

विकृष्यमाणो वेगेन पाण्डवेन बलीयसा । समयुज्यत तीव्रेण श्रमेण पुरुषादकः ॥

vikṛṣyamāṇo vegena pāṇḍavena balīyasā | samayujyata tīvreṇa śrameṇa puruṣādakaḥ

Dragged with force by the mighty son of Pandu, the man-eater was overcome by utter exhaustion.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki mark (') and a doubled danda that close Wikisource's bracketed passage. The first line is a variant of CE 1.151.19ab; the second is CE 1.151.19cd.

Verse 83 (1.177.83)

हीयमानबलं रक्षः समीक्ष्य पुरुषर्षभः । निष्पिष्य भूमौ जानुभ्यां समाजघ्ने वृकोदरः ॥

hīyamānabalaṃ rakṣaḥ samīkṣya puruṣarṣabhaḥ | niṣpiṣya bhūmau jānubhyāṃ samājaghne vṛkodaraḥ

Seeing the rakshasa's strength failing, Vrikodara, bull among men, pinned him to the ground with his knees and struck him.

Verse 84 (1.177.84)

ततोऽस्य जानुना पृष्ठमवपीड्य बलादिव । बाहुना परिजग्राह दक्षिणेन शिरोधराम् ॥

tato'sya jānunā pṛṣṭhamavapīḍya balādiva | bāhunā parijagrāha dakṣiṇena śirodharām

Then, pressing down hard on his back with one knee, he locked his right arm around his neck.

Note on the text: Corrected ततो।ञस्य → ततोऽस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a danda and ञ printed in place of the avagraha, as in the critical edition).

Verse 85 (1.177.85)

सव्येन च कटीदेशे गृह्य वाससि पाण्डवः । जानुन्यारोप्य तत्पृष्ठं महाशब्दं बभञ्ज ह ॥

savyena ca kaṭīdeśe gṛhya vāsasi pāṇḍavaḥ | jānunyāropya tatpṛṣṭhaṃ mahāśabdaṃ babhañja ha

With his left hand the son of Pandu gripped the cloth at his waist, and, setting his back across his knee, broke it with a great crack.

Note on the text: The first line is CE 1.151.23ab; the second is not in the critical edition's main text (found in the vulgate recension; CE apparatus 1.151.22*1656, line 1).

Verse 86 (1.177.86)

ततोऽस्य रुधिरं वक्त्रात्प्रादुरासीद्विशांपते । भज्यमानस्य भीमेन तस्य घोरस्य रक्षसः ॥

tato'sya rudhiraṃ vaktrātprādurāsīdviśāṃpate | bhajyamānasya bhīmena tasya ghorasya rakṣasaḥ

Then, O lord of the people, blood poured from the mouth of that dreadful rakshasa as Bhima broke him.