Krishna having gone to Dwarka the followers of Yudhishthira and also the king Virata made all preparations for the war.
द्वारकां तु गते कृष्णे युधिष्ठिरपुरोगमाः। चक्रुः सांग्रामिकं सर्वं विराटश्च महीपतिः॥