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Vaiśampāyana said.
Then the best of the Bharatas gave the order for the troops, protected by men led by Arjuna who were like the guardians of the worlds. (15-30-1)
With joy the call "union, union!" arose, then a great sound came forth; there, among the riders who shouted, "let it be yoked, let it be yoked!" (15-30-2)
Some men went by vehicles, others by horses as swift as the mind, and still others by chariots shaped like cities, resembling blazing fire. (15-30-3)
O king, there were those with elephant-chiefs, likewise some others with camels; also foot-soldiers, and similarly others, warriors armed with spiked iron clubs. (15-30-4)
The citizens and country folk, using many kinds of vehicles, likewise followed the Kuru king, desiring to see Dhṛtarāṣṭra. (15-30-5)
He, Kṛpa the teacher, descendant of Gautama, as general, by the king's command, took the army and departed for the hermitage. (15-30-6)
Then, the illustrious Kuru king Yudhishthira, surrounded by the twice-born, was praised by many bards, charioteers, and panegyrists. (15-30-7)
The delight of the Kurus (Arjuna), with a white parasol held above his head and accompanied by a great division of chariots, set out. (15-30-8)
Bhīma of terrible deeds (Vṛkodara), along with elephants resembling mountains and equipped with armed devices, set forth—the son of the Wind. (15-30-9)
Likewise, the two sons of Mādrī, well surrounded by horsemen, departed joyfully, wearing armor and bearing banners. (15-30-10)
Arjuna, of great splendor, controlling the chariot brilliant as the sun and yoked with divine white horses, followed the king. (15-30-11)
The groups of women, headed by Draupadī, also departed in palanquins along with their female overseers, distributing boundless wealth as they went. (15-30-12)
O best of the Bharatas, then that army of the Pandavas, abundant in men, elephants, and horses and resounding with the music of flutes and vinas, looked splendid. (15-30-13)
O lord of the people, on the pleasant river banks and at the lakes, the foremost of the Kurus made their dwellings in sequence and then proceeded on. (15-30-14)
Yuyutsu and Dhaumya, the greatly radiant priest, indeed, made arrangements for the protection of the city at Yudhiṣṭhira's command. (15-30-15)
Then King Yudhiṣṭhira arrived at Kurukṣetra, gradually crossing the supremely purifying river Yamunā. (15-30-16)
He saw the hermitage from afar belonging to the wise royal sage Śatayūpa and to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, O descendant of Kuru. (15-30-17)
Then, O best of the Bharatas, all the people joyfully entered that forest directly, filling it with their mighty sounds. (15-30-18)
