Thereupon Bhimasena was stationed in the left side of that (half-moon); and the mighty bowman, Dhristadyumna, was placed in the right. In the middle (of that half-moon arrangement) both the monarch and the Pandava Dhananjaya were stationed. But Nakula and Shahadeva were placed in the rear of the king of righteousness (Yudhishthira.)
वामपार्वे तु तस्याथ भीमसेनो व्यवस्थितः। दक्षिणे च महेष्वासो धृष्टद्युम्नो व्यवस्थितः॥ मध्ये व्यूहस्य राजा तु पाण्डवश्च धनंजयः। नकुलः सहदेवश्च धर्मराजस्य पृष्ठतः॥