Having heard the words of Duryodhana, the greatly powerful sons of Dhritarashtra, thousands of warriors armed themselves for battle. Filling ten directions with loud leonine roars and crushing all they entered by force that forest.
दुर्योधनव चः श्रुत्वा धार्तराष्ट्रा महाबलाः। सर्व एवाभिसंनद्धा योधाश्चापि सहस्रशः॥ ततः प्रमथ्य सर्वांस्तांस्तद् वनं विविशुर्बलात्। सिंहनादेन महता पूरयन्तो दिशो दश॥