Shloka 35
उच्च॑ पर्वतमारूढो भीमकर्मा वृकोदर: । गदापाणिर्नरिव्याप्रो ग्रसन्निव महीमिमाम्,“भयंकर कर्म करनेवाले नरश्रेष्ठ भीमसेन भी हाथमें गदा लिये ऊँचे पर्वतपर आरूढ़ हो इस पृथ्वीको ग्रसते हुए-से स्वप्नमें दिखायी दिये हैं
uccaiḥ parvatam ārūḍho bhīmakarmā vṛkodaraḥ | gadāpāṇir nara-vyāghro grasann iva mahīm imām ||
Sañjaya said: “In a dream, Bhīmasena—terrible in his deeds, the wolf-bellied hero, a tiger among men—was seen having climbed a lofty mountain, mace in hand, as though he were about to swallow up this very earth.”
संजय उवाच
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The verse frames a dream-vision as an omen: Bhīma’s colossal, earth-devouring image signals overwhelming force and the gathering inevitability of war, warning that unchecked hostility will consume the world of men.
Sañjaya reports a dream in which Bhīma, holding his mace, stands atop a high mountain and appears ready to swallow the earth—an ominous, symbolic portrayal of Bhīma’s might and the looming devastation of the coming conflict.