Blazing in great splendour he went in front (of the army) accompanied by Karna, Subala's son, the gambler (Shakuni), Dushashana and all his other brothers, Bhurishrava, Somadatta, the great king Bahlika followed that foremost of kings with various sorts of chariots, horses and excellent elephants. O foremost of kings, within a short time all those perpetuators of the Kuru race entered their own city.
कर्णेन सार्धं राजेन्द्र सौबलेन च देविना। दुःशासनादयश्चास्य भ्रातरः सर्व एव ते॥ भूरिश्रवाः सोमदत्तो महाराजश्च बाह्निकः। स्थैर्नानाविधाकारैर्हयैर्गजधरैस्तथा॥ प्रयान्तं नृपसिंहं तमनुजग्मुः कुरूद्वहाः। कालेनाल्पेन राजेन्द्र स्वपुरं विविशुस्तदा॥