In Ekachakrapura, the Pandavas lived in the house of a Brahmana and went out as mendicants, begging food from other households. Whatever they got, half was given to Bhima and the rest shared by the others. One day, they heard their landlord and his family lamenting. It seemed that a cruel demon, Bakasura, living in a cave near by controlled the city. He ate the people of the city. The people sent a bullock-cart full of food driven by one person from a house in the city. He would eat the food, the bullocks and the driver. This time, a member of the landlord’s house had to go. Kunti persuaded him to send Bhima. Bhima drove the bullocks with the food cart to the cave where he sat down to eat all the food. This enraged the demon. He attacked Bhima who brushed him off. Finally, after his meal, he broke Bakasura’s bones and killed him.
Killing Bakasura
