Yudhisthira said Though he does not deserve to be made a stake, I shall now play with staking Bhimasena, the prince who is our leader, who is foremost in fight like the wielder of thunder (Indra), the enerny of the Danavas, who is the illustrious hero with lion-like neck, arched eye-brows and expansive eyes, who is incapable of putting up with an insult, who is matchless in prowess in all the world, who is the foremost of all wielders of clubs and who grinds all foes.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच यो नो नेता युधि नः प्रणेता यथा वज्री दानवशत्रुरेकः। तिर्यक्प्रेक्षी संनतभूर्महात्मा सिंहस्कन्धो यश्च सदात्यमर्षी॥ बलेन तुल्यो यस्य पुमान् न विद्यते गदाभृतामय इहारिमर्दनः। अनर्हता राजपुत्रेण तेन दीव्याम्यहं भीमसेनेन राजन्॥