O chastiser of foes, one day the Kuru and the Pandu princes with the permission of Drona all set out on their cars to a hunting excursion.
अथ द्रोणाभ्यनुज्ञाताः कदाचित् कुरुपाण्डवाः। ग्थैर्विनिर्ययुः सर्वे मृगयामरिमर्दन॥