And considering it irresistible, lost their heart. Then that king the foremost of men, excited with wrath, struck Bhimasena on the centre of his chest, with a straight shaft. That mighty car-warrior and bowman, being pierced by that monarch, with his limbs stiffened in consequence of a swoon, caught hold of his flat staff. Beholding them terrified, and seeing Bhima overwhelmed with a swoon.
असह्यं मन्यमानाश्च नातिप्रमनसोऽभवन्। ततस्तु नृपतिः क्रुद्धो भीमसेनं स्तनान्तरे॥ आजघान महाराज शरेणानतपर्वणा। सोऽतिविद्धो महेष्वासस्तेन राज्ञा महारथः॥ मूर्च्छयाऽभिपरीतात्मा ध्वजयष्टिं समाश्रयत्। तांस्तु भीतान् समालक्ष्य भीमसेनं च मूर्च्छितम्॥