Between that foremost of the Kurus and the powerful Gandharva Chief, a fearful combat took place on the field of Kurukshetra. The combat lasted for three long years on the banks of the Sarasvati. In that fierce encounter, which was covered with showers of weapons, the best of the Kurus was killed, by the Gandharva through his greater prowess or power of Maya (illusion).
तेनास्य सुमहद् युद्धं कुरुक्षेत्रे बभूव ह। तयोर्बलवतोस्तत्र गन्धर्वकुरुमुख्ययोः। नद्यास्तीरे सरस्वत्याः समास्तिस्रोऽभवद् रणः॥ तस्मिन् विमर्दे तुमुले शस्त्रवर्षसमाकुले। मायाधिकोऽवधीद् वीरं गन्धर्वः कुरुसत्तमम्॥