In the meantime not seeing Duryodhana in the midst of the car-force, Ashvathaman and Kripa, the Kritavarman of the Satwata race, asked all the Kshatriyas, saying-"Where had Duryodhana gone.'
अदृष्ट्वा तु स्थानीके दुर्योधनमरिंदमम्॥ अश्वत्थामा कृपश्चैव कृतवर्मा च सात्वतः। अपृच्छन् क्षत्रियांस्तत्र क्व नु दुर्योधनो गतः॥