The hideous pall of night fell over the earth and the fight could no longer be discerned. Then the Kurus and the Pandavas withdrew their forces from the field.
रात्रिः समभवत् तत्र नापश्याम ततोऽनुगान्। ततोऽवहारं सैन्यानां प्रचक्रुः कुरुपाण्डवाः॥