They reached Kulinda, the kingdom of Subahu, on the Himalayas. They
accepted the honors rendered to them by that king and rested there awhile. Later on, they
went to the charming, forest of Narayanas- rama and halted there.
One day, a breeze that blew from the northeast wafted a beautiful
flower near Draupadi. Draupadi took it in her hands and was so charmed with its fragrance
and beauty that she showed it rapturously to Bhima.
"Come and see this flower. What a sweet fragrance! How charming! I
shall hand this over to Yudhishthira. Bring some flowers of this kind. We should grow this
plant in our Kamyaka forest." Draupadi ran to give the flower to Yudhishthira.
Anxious to please his beloved Draupadi, Bhima went in quest of that
plant. He went alone in the direction from which the fragrance seemed to be borne by the
breeze, without wasting a thought on the wild beasts that crossed his path.
He presently came to a garden of plantain trees at the foot of a
mountain, and there he saw a huge monkey shining like blazing fire, which lay right across
his path blocking it.