The senseless Pandava (Bhima) sunk into the water and fell on the Naga boys in the abode. of the Nagas. Thereupon, thousands of Nagas, endued with virulently poisonous fangs, began to bit Bhima.
स नि:सङ्गो जलस्यान्तमथ वै पाण्डवोऽविशत्। आक्रामन्नागभवने तदा नागकुमारकान्॥ ततः समेत्य बहुभिस्तदा नागैर्महाविषैः। अदश्यत भृशं भीमो महादंष्ट्रौर्विषोल्बणैः॥