Leaving the city of Varanavata, the greatly strong Pandavas, altogether six in number with their mother, reached the river Ganges.
पाण्डवाश्चापि निर्गत्य नगराद् वारणावतात्। नदीं गङ्गामनुप्राप्ता मातृषष्ठा महाबलाः॥