O king, that great bowman, that greatly powerful son of Bharadvaja (Drona) followed him with the Kuntalas, the Dasharnas, the Magadhas, the Vidarbhas, the Mekalas, the Karnas, and the Paravarnas, the Gandharvas, the Sindhusauviras, the Shibis, and the Vasati with their all combatants, Shakuni with all his troops protected the son of Bharadvaja.
तमन्वयान्महेष्वासो भारद्वाजः प्रतापवान्। कुन्तलैश्च दशार्ङ्गश्च मागधैश्च विशाम्पते॥ विदर्भमैकलैश्चैव कर्णप्रावरणैरपि। सहिताः सर्वसैन्येन भीष्ममाहवशोभिनम्॥ गान्धाराः सिन्धुसौवीराः शिवयोऽथवसातयः। शकुनिश्च स्वसैन्येन भारद्वाजमपालयत्॥