Janamejaya said The army having then been prepared in order for battle, O best among the Bharatas, what did the sons of Kuru, urged as they were by destiny itself, do?
जनमेजय उवाय तथा व्यूढेष्वनीकेषु कुरुक्षेत्रे द्विजर्षभ। किमकुर्वश्च कुरवः कालेनाभिप्रचोदिताः॥