Vaishampayana said : Being desirous of living in the forest, the foremost men of the Bharata race, the sons of Pandu with their followers to the banks of the Ganges to the Kurukshetra.
वैशम्पायन उवाच पाण्डवास्तु वने वासमुद्दिश्य भरतर्षभाः। प्रययुर्जाह्नवीकूलात् कुरुक्षेत्रं सहानुगाः॥