All Hastinapur, O king, with the very children, came out at that spot from desire of seeing Dhananjaya, that foremost of the Kurus, on the eve of his journey.
आकुमारं तदा राजन्नागमत् तत्पुरं विभो। द्रष्टुकामं कुरुश्रेष्ठं प्रयास्यन्तं धनंजयम्॥