O descendant of Kuru, all the bridges over rivers were destroyed and boats were forbidden to ply (in those rivers) and the trenches around the city were spiked with poles at the bottom, O best of the Kurus, the land around the city for full two miles was rendered uneven and holes and pits were dug there; combustibles were secreted below its surface.
संक्रमा भेदिताः सर्वे नावश्च प्रतिषेधिताः। परिखाश्चापि कौरव्य कालैः सुनिचिताः कृताः॥ उदपानाः कुरुश्रेष्ठ तथैवाप्यम्बरीषकाः। समन्तात् क्रोशमानं च कारिता विषमा च भूः॥