All of a sudden there was a change in weather. Torrential rains came followed by great thunders and gales. Their conditions was miserable and Draupadi fainted and lost consciousness. Seeing her condition all the Pandavas got alarmed and rushed to her. With great efforts, by tending to her, she could be revived. Yudhisthira became very miserable and lamented seeing her pitiable condition. He blamed himself for all her troubles and past indignities heaped on her.

Slowly Draupadi regained her composure and said that he need not torture himself. It was all the work of providence. No one was to be blamed for the unfortunate conditions. Since it became very difficult to them to travel, Bhima thought of his son Ghatotkacha. He materialised there in a moment along with his companions. Knowing their difficulty, Ghatotkacha and his companions took them on their shoulders and went on with great speed. Dhaumya and Lomash continued their journey on foot. Soon they reached the holy abode of Shiva, Kailash Mountain. Many rishis had their ashrams there and they all welcomed the Pandavas and the sages. They spent many happy days here.

Around Badarik ashram, nature was in full bloom. Many flowers of various colours were blooming and the fragrance was spreading all around. The air was redolent with their scent. The scenery was almost divine. One day Draupadi was sitting enjoying the beauty of the nature, one flower of unusual beauty and fragrance was dropped in her lap by the breeze. She was very fascinated by the colour and smell of the flower. She showed the flower to Bhima and requested him to bring some more flowers of that variety from the forest for her.

Bhima went in search of the flower. Hanumana, the great devotee of Lord Rama was dwelling in that forest. He was sitting on a rock and his tail was lying across. Bhima while going into the jungle saw an old monkey sitting there. Not wanting to be disrespectful he asked the monkey to remove his tail from the path. The monkey kept sitting as if he had not listened to him. Bhima was very irked. He told in a harsh voice to the monkey, that if he did not move his tail, he would throw him across the mountain. The monkey spoke in a weak voice I am very old, I am unable to move my tail. Please move my tail to one side and go.

Bhima took the tail and tried to push it aside but the tail did not move. Thereafter Bhima put all his strength to the task, but he could not move the old monkey's tail by even an inch. Tired and perspiring he became ashamed then suddenly full of reverence he touched the feet of the monkey with folded hands. He said in a voice full of awe, "Who are you, who sit in this forest in form of a monkey. I am Bhima, son of the strongest among the gods, Vayu and a Pandavas." The monkey smiled and said I am also son of lord Vayu and I am a monkey only, I am a servant of the devotees of lord Rama. "My name is Hanumana." There was a smile on the face of the Monkey. Bhima full of awe and reverence had prostrated himself on the feet of the great monkey-god.

Hanumana took him in his arms and said "you are my younger brother, I am so happy to see you." They talked for a long time. Finally Hamumana said, "I shall grant you a boon. During the forth coming war I shall remain on the flag of Arjuna's chariot which shall be driven by Krishna. No astras will harm him." After touching his feet once again and taking his leave Bhima went in search of the flower. Bhima reached the river, which was full of those flowers. Bhima took a handful of flowers. He was attacked by many rakshasas. They said the flowers belonged to their lord Kubera. Bhima thrashed them all and they ran away.

After sometime the rakshasas returned and were very polite. They said on being told about you our lord Kubera is very happy and is very keen to meet you. In the meantime, Draupadi got worried about Bhima. It had been quite sometime since he had left to gather the flowers. Encounter with Hanumana had taken a lot of time. Draupadi told Yudhisthira, Nakula and Sahdeva about Bhima. They all came in search of Bhima. They also reached the river where Bhima had gathered the flowers. As Yudhisthira was embracing Bhima affectionately, lord Kubera also came there. He requested the Pandavas to spend a few days with him. The Pandavas did spend sometime with him. The Pandavas returned from Kubera's abode. They were eagerly waiting for Arjuna.