Blazing in great splendour he went in front (of the army) accompanied by Karna, Subala's son, the gambler (Shakuni), Dushashana and all his other brothers, Bhurishrava, Somadatta, the great king Bahlika followed that foremost of kings with various sorts of chariots, horses and excellent elephants. O foremost of kings, within a short time all those perpetuators of the Kuru race entered their own city.