बाह्वोर् बलं हि भीमस्य नागायुतसमं महत् ॥
येन यूयं गजप्रख्या निर्व्यूढा वारणावतात् ॥
वृकोदरबलो नान्यो न भूतो न भविष्यति ॥
यो ऽभ्युदीयाद् युधि श्रेष्ठम् अपि वज्रधरं स्वयम् ॥
जातमात्रः पुरा चैष ममाङ्कात् पतितो गिरौ ॥
शरीरगौरवात् तस्य शिला गात्रैर् विचूर्णिता ॥
bāhvor balaṃ hi bhīmasya nāgāyutasamaṃ mahat ||
yena yūyaṃ gajaprakhyā nirvyūḍhā vāraṇāvatāt ||
vṛkodarabalo nānyo na bhūto na bhaviṣyati ||
yo 'bhyudīyād yudhi śreṣṭham api vajradharaṃ svayam ||
jātamātraḥ purā caiṣa mamāṅkāt patito girau ||
śarīragauravāt tasya śilā gātrair vicūrṇitā ||
"For the strength of Bhima's arms is great, equal to ten thousand elephants, by which he carried you, resembling elephants, out of Varanavata. Equal to Vrikodara's strength there is none other — neither has been nor will be — one who would rise up in battle even against the best, the thunderbolt-bearer himself. And once, newly born, he fell from my lap onto a mountain, and from the weight of his body the rock was crushed by his limbs."
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Here the superhuman might of Bhima is disclosed, dispelling every fear for him. Notable is the vivid measure: strength of arm "equal to ten thousand elephants," and an infant crushing a rock with his own body — Bhima is no ordinary man, he is the son of Vayu. His might is a gift from above, not merely the fruit of training; hence even the rakshasa is powerless before him. Notable too is the comparison with Indra: Bhima has no equal even among the gods. Thus the scripture shows why Kunti is at peace: in sending Bhima, she sends him not to death but to certain victory; and Yudhishthira's fear for his brother is dispelled before the truth of his incomparable strength.