These assembled together, O monarch, began to consult as to 'how could the sons of Pandu with their partisans be conquered in battle.'
समागम्य महाराज मन्त्रं चक्रुर्विवक्षितम्। कथं पाण्डुसुताः संख्ये जेतव्याः सगणा इति॥