When such dreadful portents appeared everywhere, O son of Pandu, Brahman, attended by all the gods and the great Rishis, soon come to the place where the battle was going on. The four-headed Brahman, capable of being understood with the help of only the Niruktas, joined his hands and addressing Rudras, saidउवाच वचनं रुद्रं लोकानामस्तु वै शिवम्॥
तस्मिन्नेवं समुत्पन्ने निमित्ते पाण्डुनन्दन॥ ब्रह्मा वृतो देवगणैर्ऋषिभिश्च महात्मभिः। आजगामाशु तं देशं यत्र युद्धमवर्तत॥ सोऽञ्जलिप्रग्रहो भूत्वा चतुर्वक्त्रो निरुक्तगः।