Then uttering a loud war-cry, he engaged himself in battle. In that fight in which the warriors fought heedless of their lives and in which death seemed to be the common lot of all. Ajatasatru (Yudhishthira) urged on his troops to the rescue of Bhima. Those troops then approached Bhimasena of infinite prowess.
आरावं तुमुलं कुर्वन्नभ्यवर्तत तान् तस्मिन् संत्यजति प्राणान् मृत्युसाधारणीकृते॥ अजातशत्रुस्तान् योधान् भीमं त्रातेत्यचोदयत्। ते ययुर्भीमसेनस्य समीपममितौजसः॥