ततो घटोत्कचो राजन् प्रेक्ष्य भीमं तथागतम् ॥
संक्रुद्धो राक्षसो घोरस् तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥
स कृत्वा दारुणां मायां भीरूणां भयवर्धिनीम् ॥
अदृश्यत निमेषार्धाद् घोररूपं समाश्रितः ॥
ऐरावतं समारुह्य स्वयं मायामयं कृतम् ॥
तस्य चान्ये ऽपि दिङ्नागा बभूवुर् अनुयायिनः ॥
अञ्जनो वामनश् चैव महापद्मश् च सुप्रभः ॥
त्रय एते महानागा राक्षसैः समधिष्ठिताः ॥
महाकायास् त्रिधा राजन् प्रस्रवन्तो मदं बहु ॥
तेजोवीर्यबलोपेता महाबलपराक्रमाः ॥
घटोत्कचस् तु स्वं नागं चोदयाम् आस तं ततः ॥
सगजं भगदत्तं तु हन्तुकामः परंतपः ॥
ते चान्ये चोदिता नागा राक्षसैस् तैर् महाबलैः ॥
परिपेतुः सुसंरब्धाश् चतुर्दंष्ट्राश् चतुर्दिशम् ॥
भगदत्तस्य तं नागं विषाणैस् ते ऽभ्यपीडयन् ॥
संपीड्यमानस् तैर् नागैर् वेदनार्तः शरातुरः ॥
सो ऽनदत् सुमहानादम् इन्द्राशनिसमस्वनम् ॥
tato ghaṭotkaco rājan prekṣya bhīmaṃ tathāgatam ||
saṃkruddho rākṣaso ghoras tatraivāntaradhīyata ||
sa kṛtvā dāruṇāṃ māyāṃ bhīrūṇāṃ bhayavardhinīm ||
adṛśyata nimeṣārdhād ghorarūpaṃ samāśritaḥ ||
airāvataṃ samāruhya svayaṃ māyāmayaṃ kṛtam ||
tasya cānye 'pi diṅnāgā babhūvur anuyāyinaḥ ||
añjano vāmanaś caiva mahāpadmaś ca suprabhaḥ ||
traya ete mahānāgā rākṣasaiḥ samadhiṣṭhitāḥ ||
mahākāyās tridhā rājan prasravanto madaṃ bahu ||
tejovīryabalopetā mahābalaparākramāḥ ||
ghaṭotkacas tu svaṃ nāgaṃ codayām āsa taṃ tataḥ ||
sagajaṃ bhagadattaṃ tu hantukāmaḥ paraṃtapaḥ ||
te cānye coditā nāgā rākṣasais tair mahābalaiḥ ||
paripetuḥ susaṃrabdhāś caturdaṃṣṭrāś caturdiśam ||
bhagadattasya taṃ nāgaṃ viṣāṇais te 'bhyapīḍayan ||
saṃpīḍyamānas tair nāgair vedanārtaḥ śarāturaḥ ||
so 'nadat sumahānādam indrāśanisamasvanam ||
Then Ghatotkacha, O king, seeing Bhima in such a state, grew enraged; the terrible rakshasa vanished on the spot. Having wrought a dreadful maya that multiplies the terror of the timid, he reappeared after half an instant, clothed in a terrible form. He mounted Airavata, fashioned by his own magic, and other elephants of the quarters became his followers as well. Anjana, Vamana, Mahapadma, and Suprabha — these three great elephants, ridden by rakshasas, huge-bodied, streaming forth abundant must, endowed with splendor, valor, and strength, were mighty in the attack. Ghatotkacha urged on his own elephant, wishing to slay Bhagadatta together with his elephant. And those other nagas, urged on by those mighty rakshasas, rushed forward in fury from the four directions, tusked. They pressed Bhagadatta's elephant with their tusks from every side. Crushed by those elephants, tormented by pain and arrows, it let out an enormous roar, resounding like Indra's thunderbolt.
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Ghatotkacha answers the danger not with ordinary martial strength but with the power of maya. This episode makes clear that on the side of the Pandavas stands not only human valor but also a strange, nocturnal might of the rakshasas, guarding Bhima.