We shall proceed against him in close array in order to slay him, even before he, our enemy, challenges us to fight.” Hearing these words, the sons of Dhritarashtra, urged on by the command of their elder brother and unable to put up with the foe,
तं याम सर्वे महता बलेन मा वो रिपुः प्रार्थयतामनीकम्। श्रुत्वा तु वाक्यं तममृष्यमाणा ज्येष्ठाज्ञया नोदिता धार्तराष्ट्राः॥