Seeing those two weapons consuming the three worlds, the two great Rishis, viz., Narada who is the soul of every creature, and Vyasa, the grandfather of all the Bharata princes, came there. The two Rishis tried to pacify the two heroes, Ashvatthaman and Dhananjaya.
स त्वस्त्रतेजसी लोकांस्तापयन्ती व्यवस्थिते। महर्षी सहितौ तत्र दर्शयामासतुस्तदा॥ नारदः सर्वभूतात्मा भरतानां पितामहः। उभौ शमयितुं वीरौ भारद्वाजधनंजयौ॥