Vaishampayana said : Agreeing to what the king said, those best of men worshipped the kings and started for that fearful forest. Receiving half of the kingdom, the Pandavas entered the Khandavaprastha, Krishna being at the head of the procession. Thereafter, the infallible Pandavas accompanied by Krishna, and by going to that place made it as glorious as heaven.
वैशम्पायन उवाच प्रतिगृह्य तु तद् वाक्यं नृपं सर्वे प्रणम्य च॥ प्रतस्थिरे ततो घोरं वनं तन्मनुजर्षभाः। अर्धं राज्यस्य सम्प्राप्य खाण्डवप्रस्थमाविशन्॥ ततस्ते पाण्डवास्तत्र गत्वा कृष्णपुरोगमाः। मण्डयां चक्रिरे तद् वै परं स्वर्गवदच्युताः॥