In accordance with the command of the greatly intelligent of Dharma, Yudhishthira, O descendant of Bharata, the battle that took place was but a skirmish.
राज्ञस्तु वचनं स्मृत्वा धर्मपुत्रस्य धीमतः॥ क्रमेण मृदुना युद्धमुपक्रान्तं च भारत।