Taking up his mace, with cheerful mind, the highly energetic king Duryodhana, the son of Kuru, breathing repeatedly and looking at Bhimasena, challenged him to encounter like an elephant challenging a rival elephant.
सम्प्रहृष्टमना राजन् गदामादाय कौरवः॥ सृक्किणी संलिहन् राजन् क्रोधरक्तेक्षणः श्वसन्। ततो दुर्योधनो राजन् गदामादाय वीर्यवान्॥ भीमसेनमभिप्रेक्ष्य गजो गजमिवाह्वयत्।