Then king Duryodhana with all his brothers accompanied by the Ashvatakas, the Vikarnas, the Ambashta, the Kosalas, the Daradas, the Shaka, the Kshudrakas and the Malavas, Cheerfully advanced against the Pandava army.
ततो दुर्योधनो राजा सहितः सर्वसोदरैः। अश्वातकैविकर्णैश्च तथा चाम्बष्ठकोसलैः॥ दरदैश्च शकैश्चैव तथा क्षुद्रकमालवैः। अभ्यरक्षत संहष्टः सौबलेयस्य वाहिनीम्॥