So as per Pandu's instructions, Kunti invoked Vayu, and got Bhima/Vrikodara from him. Pandu was overjoyed.
A few days later, Kunti was sitting near the edge of a cliff, Bhima on her lap, when suddenly, she heard the roar of a tiger. Startled, she got up, and Bhima fell down & landed on a rock. The rock was shattered by his fall, but Bhima started crying.
Pandu was surprised by the rock being shattered, and pondered on it, while Kunti ran, picked up the still wailing Bhima, and came back. When she came back, Madri taunted her for proving what a careless mother she was 😈
M: This is how you take care of your newborn, jiji?
K: I'm sorry, but it happened so suddenly! I heard this tiger...
M: And I guess you Yadus are so scared of tigers, since you don't like hunting
K: Well, your last suggestion to Arya to hunt has landed us in this fine mess, where I have to ask others for sons that he ought to be procreating in us
M: Well, at least we would have made those tiger skins a fine rug for our dear Yudhisthir & Bhima to play on
P: Did anybody not notice how strong Bhima is - shattering that rock that he landed on? I was afraid that he'd get killed
Pandu had by this time sat down to eat w/ Yudhisthir, but Bhima was still wailing. Kunti & Madri, after serving them, joined them. Pandu started eating, but then Bhima started wanting the food, so Pandu fed him, and soon, his plate was empty.
Kunti then handed over her entire food to Pandu, so that he could eat. But chhota Bhima's appetite was far from done, and he gulped that down as well.
Madri thought - what a glutton, but couldn't bear the thought of her beloved Arya going hungry, so handed over her food to him. But, as you can guess, Bhima wanted that as well, and Pandu, still feeling guilty about his fall, couldn't refuse him that either. So soon enough, Pandu's plate was empty a third time.
Yudhisthir was still eating - he was a tremendously slow eater. Kunti was hoping that he'd finish b4 Bhima turned his attention to him, but no such luck. Soon Bhima started staring @ Yudhisthir's plate and roaring @ the sight of the food, to which Yudhisthir started handing morsels to him. Kunti tried to stop him, but that only provoked wails from Bhima, which were unstoppable. Finally, PKM all gave up, and let Yudhisthir feed Bhima his entire plate.
Their meal complete, Bhima happily went to sleep in Pandu's lap 😈😆
P.S. KMMK status - Abhimanyu/Uttara's wedding over 🥳
Edited by .Vrish. - 11 years ago