Mahabharata 3.175.1

3.175.1

janamejaya uvāca |
kathaṃ nāgāyutaprāṇo bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ |
bhayamāhārayattīvraṃ tasmādajagarānmune || 1 ||

Janamejaya said, "How was it, O sage! that Bhima, of mighty prowess and possessing the strength of ten thousand elephants, was stricken with panic at (the sight of) that snake? Thou hast described him, that slayer of his enemies, as dismayed and appalled with fear, even him, who by fighting at the lotus lake (of Kuvera) became the destroyer of Yakshas and Rakshasas and who, in proud defiance, invited to a single combat, Pulastya's son, the dispenser of all riches. I desire to hear this (from you); great indeed is my curiosity."