Sanjaya said After the destruction of Shalya, O king, the followers of the Madra king, numbering seventeen hundred brave car-warriors, proceeded for battle with great force.
संजय उवाच शल्येऽथ निहते राजन् मद्रराजपदानुगाः। रथाः सप्तशता वीरो निर्ययुर्महतो बलात्॥