 | Book 1 Chapter 151
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tato rātryāṃ vyatītāyām annam ādāya pāṇḍavaḥ
bhīmaseno yayau tatra yatrāsau puruṣādakaḥ
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| 2 | āsādya tu vanaṃ tasya rakṣasaḥ pāṇḍavo balī
ājuhāva tato nāmnā tadannam upayojayan
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| 3 | tataḥ sa rākṣasaḥ śrutvā bhīmasenasya tad vacaḥ
ājagāma susaṃkruddho yatra bhīmo vyavasthitaḥ
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| 4 | mahākāyo mahāvego dārayann iva medinīm
triśikhāṃ bhṛkuṭiṃ kṛtvā saṃdaśya daśanacchadam
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| 5 | bhuñjānam annaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmasenaṃ sa rākṣasaḥ
vivṛtya nayane kruddha idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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| 6 | ko 'yam annam idaṃ bhuṅkte madartham upakalpitam
paśyato mama durbuddhir yiyāsur yamasādanam
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| 7 | bhīmasenas tu tac chrutvā prahasann iva bhārata
rākṣasaṃ tam anādṛtya bhuṅkta eva parāṅmukhaḥ
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| 8 | tataḥ sa bhairavaṃ kṛtvā samudyamya karāv ubhau
abhyadravad bhīmasenaṃ jighāṃsuḥ puruṣādakaḥ
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| 9 | tathāpi paribhūyainaṃ nekṣamāṇo vṛkodaraḥ
rākṣasaṃ bhuṅkta evānnaṃ pāṇḍavaḥ paravīrahā
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| 10 | amarṣeṇa tu saṃpūrṇaḥ kuntīputrasya rākṣasaḥ
jaghāna pṛṣṭhaṃ pāṇibhyām ubhābhyāṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ sthitaḥ
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| 11 | tathā balavatā bhīmaḥ pāṇibhyāṃ bhṛśam āhataḥ
naivāvalokayām āsa rākṣasaṃ bhuṅkta eva saḥ
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| 12 | tataḥ sa bhūyaḥ saṃkruddho vṛkṣam ādāya rākṣasaḥ
tāḍayiṣyaṃs tadā bhīmaṃ punar abhyadravad balī
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| 13 | tato bhīmaḥ śanair bhuktvā tadannaṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ
vāry upaspṛśya saṃhṛṣṭas tasthau yudhi mahābalaḥ
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| 14 | kṣiptaṃ kruddhena taṃ vṛkṣaṃ pratijagrāha vīryavān
savyena pāṇinā bhīmaḥ prahasann iva bhārata
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| 15 | tataḥ sa punar udyamya vṛkṣān bahuvidhān balī
prāhiṇod bhīmasenāya tasmai bhīmaś ca pāṇḍavaḥ
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| 16 | tad vṛkṣayuddham abhavan mahīruhavināśanam
ghorarūpaṃ mahārāja bakapāṇḍavayor mahat
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| 17 | nāma viśrāvya tu bakaḥ samabhidrutya pāṇḍavam
bhujābhyāṃ parijagrāha bhīmasenaṃ mahābalam
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| 18 | bhīmaseno 'pi tad rakṣaḥ parirabhya mahābhujaḥ
visphurantaṃ mahāvegaṃ vicakarṣa balād balī
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| 19 | sa kṛṣyamāṇo bhīmena karṣamāṇaś ca pāṇḍavam
samayujyata tīvreṇa śrameṇa puruṣādakaḥ
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| 20 | tayor vegena mahatā pṛthivī samakampata
pādapāṃś ca mahākāyāṃś cūrṇayām āsatus tadā
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| 21 | hīyamānaṃ tu tad rakṣaḥ samīkṣya bharatarṣabha
niṣpiṣya bhūmau pāṇibhyāṃ samājaghne vṛkodaraḥ
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| 22 | tato 'sya jānunā pṛṣṭham avapīḍya balād iva
bāhunā parijagrāha dakṣiṇena śirodharām
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| 23 | savyena ca kaṭīdeśe gṛhya vāsasi pāṇḍavaḥ
tad rakṣo dviguṇaṃ cakre nadantaṃ bhairavān ravān
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| 24 | tato 'sya rudhiraṃ vaktrāt prādurāsīd viśāṃ pate
bhajyamānasya bhīmena tasya ghorasya rakṣasaḥ
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