Vaishampayana said : O king, then those foremost of bow men, those immeasurably effulgent heroes, equipped with quivers and arrows and armed with swords and holding bows stringed at full and wearing finger protector made of guana-skin, went towards the Gandhamadana, with the Panchal princess and the best of Brahmanas.
वैशम्पायन उवाच ते शूरास्ततधन्वानस्तूणवन्तः समार्गणाः। बद्धगोधाङ्गलित्राणाः खड्गवन्तोऽमितौजसः॥ परिगृह्य द्विजश्रेष्ठाज्येष्ठाः सर्वधनुष्मताम्। पाञ्चालीसहिता राजन् प्रययुर्गन्धमादनम्॥