And the son of Pandu ordered the five sons of Draupadi who were mighty bowmen, and Abhimanyu Nakula and Sahadeva, and all the Prabhadraka, and ten thousand horses and elephants; and ten thousand foot-soldiers, and five hundred chariots, to be the first division of the ariny, under the irresistible Bhimasena. And the son of Pandu (ordered) in the middle (division of his army) Virata and Jayatsena,
द्रौपदेयान् महेष्वासानभिमन्युं च पाण्डवः। नकुलं सहदेवं च सर्वाश्चैव प्रभद्रकान्॥ दश चाश्वसहस्राणि द्विसहस्राणि दन्तिनाम्। अयुतं च पदातीनां रथाः पञ्चशतं तथा॥ भीमसेनस्य दुर्धर्ष प्रथमं प्रादिशद् बलम्। मध्यमे च विराटं च जयत्सेनं च पाण्डवः॥