Bhimasena fully understood the object of his opponent. Rushing at him, with a loud leonine roar, he fiercely dropped his mace at the thighs of the Kuru king, as the latter had jumped up for making the first aim useless.
अबुद्ध्यद् भीमसेनस्तु राज्ञस्तस्य चिकीर्षितम्। अथास्य समभिद्रुत्य समुत्क्रुश्य च सिंहवत्॥ सृत्या वञ्चयतो राजन् पुनरेवोत्पतिष्यतः। ऊरुभ्यां प्राहिणोद् राजन् गदां वेगेन पाण्डवः॥