Vaishampayana said "After all the warriors had been massacred, king Yudhishthira heard that his uncle Dhritarashtra had left the city of Hastinapura.
वैशम्पायन उवाच हतेषु सर्वसैन्येषु धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः। शुश्रुवे पितरं वृद्धं निर्यान्तं गजसाह्वयात्॥