Bhima, however, armed with his mighty mace, rushed impetuously towards Shalya who shone like the blazing Yuga fire or the Destroyer armed with the noose or the Kailasa mountain with his summit or Vasava with this thunder or Mahadeva with his thunder or Mahadeva with his trident or an infuriate elephant in the forest.
तं दीप्तमिव कालाग्निं पाशहस्तमिवान्तकम्। सशृङ्गमिव कैलासं सवज्रमिव वासवम्॥ सशूलमिव हर्यक्षं वने मत्तमिव द्विपम्। जवेनाभ्यपतद् भीम: प्रगृह्य महतीं गदाम्॥