Thereupon, the Kuru soldiers sent up a very loud shout. O seeing the great car-warriors the sons of Pandu going to fight with the Gandharvas). Those rangers of the sky (Gandharvas), the great car-warriors, were flushed with victory. Those warriors, the Pandavas, fearlessly encountered one other in the forest.
ततः कौरवसैन्यानां प्रादुरासीन्महास्वनः॥ प्रयातान् सहितान् दृष्ट्वा पाण्डुपुत्रान् महारथान् जितकाशिनश्च खचरास्त्वरिताश्च महारथाः॥ क्षणेनैव वने तस्मिन् समाजग्मुरभीतवत्। न्यवर्तन्त ततः सर्वे गन्धर्वा जितकाशिनः॥