Arriving at Kurukshetra, the powerful Pandavas, accompanied with the Somakas, advanced against the Kurus with the desire of victory.
तेऽवतीर्य कुरुक्षेत्रं पाण्डवाः सहसोमकाः। कौरवाः समवर्तन्त जिगीषन्तो महाबलाः॥