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Mahābhārata The History of the Great India
<< 128 The Fight Begins >>
 |  | Those two tigers of men met in battle, using their bare arms as weapons. Heroic and supremely excited, each yearned to conquer the other. As the two struck each other's arms and seized, stretched, and held each other, there was a ferocious din like thunderbolts striking mountains. Both men were euphoric in battle and fought with extraordinary strength. Hungry for victory, they each sought an opening to win an advantage over the other.
| | | That contest of the two mighty warriors was like the duel between Vrtra and Indra. Indeed, so fierce was the fighting, O king, that it drove away the crowd that had gathered near. As each combatant pushed and pulled his foe, striking his opponent's chest with an open hand, dragging and tearing, the two struggled intensely and slammed each other with their knees. They rebuked each other with mighty voices and belted each other with blows that landed like crashing stones. Broad-chested and expert in battle, the two foes joined in close combat, their long arms falling on each other like iron bludgeons.
| | | The battle began on the first day of the month of Karttika and continued, day and night, without rest. For thirteen full days those mighty souls battled on, but on the fourteenth night the king of Magadha felt exhausted and stopped.
| | | Your majesty, when Sri Krsna saw that the king was exhausted, He addressed Bhima to alert him fully: "O son of Kunti, it is not proper to harass an exhausted enemy in battle. Certainly if he is fully harassed, he could give up his life. Therefore, Kaunteya, you must not harass the monarch. Fight him with your arms, O best of the Bharatas."
| | | From these words of Lord Krsna's, the son of Pandu, killer of hostile heroes, understood that Jarasandha was vulnerable and made up his mind to kill him. Thereupon, to conquer the unconquered one, Bhima let his fury rise and seized Jarasandha.
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