O monarch, Kunti’s son, Ajatasatru, became, with
all his brothers, filled with joy. Having learnt
that the mighty bowman Duryodhana had penetrated into
the waters of a lake, the king proceeded thither with
great speed, with Janardana at his head. Then
a tumultuous noise arose, O monarch, from among the
Pandavas and the Pancalas all of whom were filled
with joy. The warriors uttered leonine roars,
O bull of Bharata’s race, and shouted loudly.
All the Kshatriyas, O king, proceeded with great speed
towards that lake called Dvaipayana. The rejoicing
Somakas all around loudly and repeatedly exclaimed,
“The sinful son of Dhritarashtra has been found!”
The noise made by the cars of those impetuous warriors
who proceeded with great speed, became very loud, O
monarch, and touched the heavens. Although their
animals were tired, all of them still proceeded with
speed behind king Yudhishthira who was bent upon finding
out Duryodhana. Arjuna, and Bhimasena, and the
two sons of Madri by Pandu, and the Pancala prince
Dhrishtadyumna, and the unvanquished Shikhandi, and
Uttamaujas, and Yudhamanyu, and the mighty car-warrior
Satyaki, and the (five) sons of Draupadi, and those
amongst the Pancalas, O king, that were yet alive,
and all the Pandavas, and all their elephants, and
foot-soldiers by hundreds upon hundreds, all proceeded
with Yudhishthira. Possessed of great valour,
king Yudhishthira the just, O monarch, arrived at
the lake known by the name of Dvaipayana within which
Duryodhana then was. Wide as the ocean itself,
its aspect was agreeable and its waters were cool
and transparent. Solidifying the waters by means
of his power of illusion, by, indeed, a wonderful method,
thy son Duryodhana, O Bharata, happened to be within
that lake. Indeed, within those waters lay, O
lord, that king, armed with his mace, who, O ruler
of men, could not be vanquished by any man! Staying
within the waters of that lake, king Duryodhana heard
that tumultuous noise (of the Pandava army) which
resembled the very roar of the clouds. Yudhishthira
then, O king, with his brothers repaired to that lake
from desire of slaying Duryodhana. Raising a
thick dust, the son of Pandu caused the earth to tremble
with the sound of his car-wheels and the loud blare
of his conch. Hearing the noise made by the army
of Yudhishthira, those great car-warriors, Kritavarma
and Kripa and the son of Drona, said these words unto
the Kuru king, “Filled with joy and longing for
victory, the Pandavas are coming hither! We will,
therefore, leave this place. Let it be known
to thee!” Hearing those words of these heroes
endued with great activity, he answered them, saying,
“So be it,” and remained (as before) within
the waters, having, O lord, solidified them by his
powers of illusion. Those car-warriors headed
by Kripa, filled with grief, took leave of the king,
O monarch, and went away to a place far removed from
that spot. Having proceeded far, they beheld a
banyan, O sire, under whose shade they stopped, greatly


