Vaishampayana said Then Hrishikesha, and king Yudhishthira, and all those persons headed by Kripa, and the four Pandavas, riding on those cars resembling fortified cities and adorned with stands and banners, quickly went to Kurukshetra with the help of their quick-coursing horses.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः स च हृषीकेशः स च राजा युधिष्ठिरः। कृपादयश्च ते सर्वे चत्वारः पाण्डवाश्च ते॥ रथैस्तैर्नगरप्रख्यैः : पताकाध्वजशोभितैः। ययुराशु कुरुक्षेत्रं वाजिभिः शीघ्रगामिभिः॥