Remembering these behest's of king Yudhishthira the just who was gifted with great intelligence, Arjuna asked the Trigartas to forbear. But they disregarded Arjuna's injunction.
स तदा तद् वचः श्रुत्वा धर्मराजस्य धीमतः। तान् निवर्तध्वमित्याह न न्यवर्तन्त चापि ते॥