Saying this, the Pandava Bhima tightened the cloth round his waist in anger. Rubbing his palms and biting his nether lips, the heroic Bhima, armed with the tree, rushed towards him. As Maghavata (Indra) hurls his thunderbolt, so he (Bhima) made it (the tree), which was like the mace of Yama, descend with force on his (Kirmira's) head. The Rakshasas was seen to stand in the battle unmoved.
इत्युक्त्वैनमतिक्रुद्धः कक्ष्यामुत्पीड्य पाण्डवः। निष्पिष्य पाणिना पाणिं संदष्टौष्ठपुटो बली॥ तमभ्यधावद् वेगेन भीमो वृक्षायुधस्तदा। यमदण्डप्रतीकाशं ततस्तं तस्य मूर्धनि॥ पातयामास वेगेन कुलिशं मघवानिव। असम्भ्रान्तं तु तद् रक्षः समरे प्रत्यदृश्यत॥