The king, Dhritarashtra, learning that those heroes (the Pandavas) had arrived, sent out the Kurus to receive them.
श्रुत्वा चाप्यागतान् वीरान् धृतराष्ट्रो जनेश्वरः। प्रतिग्रहाय पाण्डूनां प्रेषयामास कौरवान्॥