Accompanied by all the Yadavas, he set out under the conjunction of the asterism called Maitra. The Bhoja chief (Kritavarman), however, took the side O Duryodhana. Accompanied by Yuyudhana, Vasudeva took that of the Pandavas.
मैत्रनक्षत्रयोगे स्म सहित: सर्वयादवैः। आश्रयामास भोजस्तु दुर्योधनमरिंदमः॥ युयुधानेन सहितो वासुदेवस्तु पाण्डवान्।