वैशंपायन उवाच
तथा संजल्पतस् तस्य भीमसेनस्य भारत ॥
वाचः शुश्राव ताः क्रुद्धो राक्षसः पुरुषादकः ॥
अवेक्षमाणस् तस्याश् च हिडिम्बो मानुषं वपुः ॥
स्रग्दामपूरितशिखं समग्रेन्दुनिभाननम् ॥
सुभ्रूनासाक्षिकेशान्तं सुकुमारनखत्वचम् ॥
सर्वाभरणसंयुक्तं सुसूक्ष्माम्बरवाससम् ॥
तां तथा मानुषं रूपं बिभ्रतीं सुमनोहरम् ॥
पुंस्कामां शङ्कमानश् च चुक्रोध पुरुषादकः ॥
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
tathā saṃjalpatas tasya bhīmasenasya bhārata ||
vācaḥ śuśrāva tāḥ kruddho rākṣasaḥ puruṣādakaḥ ||
avekṣamāṇas tasyāś ca hiḍimbo mānuṣaṃ vapuḥ ||
sragdāmapūritaśikhaṃ samagrendunibhānanam ||
subhrūnāsākṣikeśāntaṃ sukumāranakhatvacam ||
sarvābharaṇasaṃyuktaṃ susūkṣmāmbaravāsasam ||
tāṃ tathā mānuṣaṃ rūpaṃ bibhratīṃ sumanoharam ||
puṃskāmāṃ śaṅkamānaś ca cukrodha puruṣādakaḥ ||
"While Bhimasena was thus speaking, O Bharata, the enraged rakshasa man-eater heard those words. And, looking at her human form -- her braid entwined with garlands, her face like the full moon, with lovely brows, nose, and eyes, with delicate nails and skin, adorned with every ornament, in the finest garments -- suspecting that she, wearing so charming a form, desired a man, the man-eater grew enraged."
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Here the man-eater discerns his sister's betrayal -- and blazes with fury. It is telling what enrages him: not the threat from Bhima, but that his sister has taken on a beautiful form for love's sake, departing from her predatory nature. Here is revealed evil's hatred of good: the demonic nature is especially furious toward one from its own ranks who turns toward love and dharma. Telling too is Hidimba's very transformation -- from monster into a moon-faced beauty: the outward change reveals the inward one, and this beauty, born of love, is unbearable to her man-eating brother. So the text shows that turning toward good draws the wrath of evil's followers; and the sister, scarcely having set foot on the path of dharma, at once meets the enmity of her own brother.