Recollecting the evil advice of the old king and some deeds of his, Bhima, one days, in the midst of his friends, slapped his armpits, in the hearing of Dhritarashtra and of Gandhari. The angry Vrikodara, recollecting his enemies Duyrodhana and Karna and Dushasana, gave way to a fit of passion, and said these harsh words :-'The sons of the blind king, capable of fighting with various kinds of weapons, have all been dispatched by me to the other world with these arms of mine which resemble a pair of iron clubs.
स्मरन् दुर्मन्त्रितं तस्य वृत्तान्यप्यस्य कानिचित्। अथ भीमः सुहृन्मध्ये बाहुशब्दं तथाकरोत्॥ संश्रवे धृतराष्ट्रस्य गान्धार्याश्चाप्यमर्षणः। स्मृत्वा दुर्योधनं शत्रु कर्णदुःशासनावपि॥ प्रोवाचेदं सुरंब्धो भीमः स परुषं वचः।