With the desire to do good to Bhima and to secure his safety, obstructed the path to heaven. Thinking thus, he lay across the narrow path adorned with plantain trees.
दिवंगमं रुरोधाथ मार्ग भीमस्य कारणात्। अनेन हि पथा मा वै गच्छेदिति विचार्य सः॥ आस्त एकायने मार्गे कदलीषण्डमण्डिते। भ्रातुर्भोमस्य रक्षार्थं तं मार्गमवरुध्य वै॥