By slow marches, king Yudhishthira, reached Kurukshetra, and then, crossing the Yamuna, that highly sacred river, he saw from a distance the hermitage, O you of Kuru's race, of the royal sage of great wisdom and of Dhritarashtra.
ततो युधिष्ठिरो राजा कुरुक्षेत्रमवातरत्। क्रमेणोत्तीर्य यमुना नदी परमपावनीम्॥ स ददर्शाश्रमं दूराद् राजर्षेस्तस्य धीमतः। शतयूपस्य कौरव्य धृतराष्ट्रस्य चैव ह॥