By him was born Bhima, endued with great strength: and on the birth of this greatly strong man, an invisible voice said, “This child will be foremost of all endued with strength." o descendant of the Bharata race, the following extraordinary incident happened as soon as Bhima was born. Falling from his mother's lap on the mountain, he broke into fragments the stone on which he fell. Kunti suddenly rose up from the fear of a tiger, forgetting that the child lay asleep on her lap. As she rose, the child, whose body was as hard as the thunder-bolt fell on the stone and broke it into a hundred pieces. Seeing the breaking of the stone, Pandu became very much astonished.
तस्माज्जज्ञे महाबाहुर्भीमो भीमपराक्रमः। तमप्यतिबलं जातं वागुवाचाशरीरिणी॥ सर्वेषां बलिनां श्रेष्ठो जातोऽयमिति भारत। इदमत्यद्भुतं चासीज्जातमात्रे वृकोदरे॥ यदङ्कात् पतितो मातुः शिलां गात्रैर्व्यचूर्णयत्। कुन्ती व्याघ्रभयोद्विग्ना सहसोत्पतिता किल॥ नान्वबुध्यत संसुप्तमुत्सङ्गे स्वे वृकोदरम्। ततः स वज्रसंघातः कुमारो न्यपतद् गिरौ॥ पतता तेन शतधा शिला गात्रैर्विचूर्णिता। तां शिलां चूर्णितां दृष्ट्वा पाण्डुर्विस्मयमागतः॥