The son of Kunti (Bhima), having regained his consciousness, burst open the cords and he then pressed them (snakes) all under the ground. Some fled in boar and the rest, that escaped death from Bhima's hands, went and spoke to Vasuki, the king of the snakes, equal to Indra.
ततः प्रबुद्धः कौन्तेयः सर्वं संछिद्य बन्धनम्। पोथयामास तान् सर्वान् केचिद् भीताः प्रदुद्रुवुः॥ हतावशेषा भीमेन सर्वे वासुकिमभ्ययुः। ऊचुश्च सर्पराजानं वासुकिं वासवोपमम्॥