O ruler of earth, the Gandharvas, again forbade the Kuru soldiers to advance. Though gently forbidden by the Gandharvas, disregarding all those Gandharvas, they entered that great forest. When the son of Dhritarashtra did not stop his soldiers, then those rangers of the sky went and spoke to Chitrasena.
ततोऽपरैरवार्यन्त गन्धर्वैः कुरुसैनिकाः। ते वार्यमाणा गन्धर्वैः साम्नैव वसुधाधिप॥ ताननादृत्य गन्धर्वांस्तद् वनं विविशुर्महत्। यदा वाचा न तिष्ठन्ति धार्तराष्ट्राः सराजकाः॥ ततस्ते खेचराः सर्वे चित्रसेने न्यवेदयन्।