O Bharata, Dushasana, with the swelling hosts of the Samsaptakas and all the troops comprising the Bharata force, rode full tile against Bhima, the inflictor of woes in battle to all wielders of arms and the foremost of all warriors.
दुःशासनो भारत भारती च संशप्तकानां पृतना समृद्धा। भीमं रणे शस्त्रभृतां वरिष्ठं भीमं समार्छत्तमसह्यवेगम्१२॥