Pandavas Pursue and Confront Jayadratha's Army
The Pandavas follow the fresh trail of Jayadratha's army, seeing the dust raised by the hooves of his horses. Dhoumya urges Bhima to attack. When they see Draupadi standing on Jayadratha's chariot, their rage flares — and they call out to the king of Sindhu to stop.
The Pandavas departed swiftly, following the remaining traces of Jayadratha's passage. They sighed repeatedly like predatory beasts. They twanged their mighty bows.
Then they saw it: dust thrown up from the hooves of horses, rising above the trees — the army of the king of Sindhu, still within reach.
Dhoumya, their priest, was in the midst of the infantry. He turned to Bhima and urged him to attack. The princes comforted Dhoumya, who was extremely miserable in his mind, and asked him to return to the hermitage happily.
Then they swooped down on that army — like hawks on raw meat.
They were like the great Indra in their valour. They were angered at Yajnaseni's molestation. And then they saw her: their beloved, stationed on Jayadratha's chariot, taken against her will.
Their rage flared up.
Vrikodara — Bhima — Dhananjaya — Arjuna — the twins Nakula and Sahadeva — and Yudhishthira himself, all mighty archers, called out to the king of Sindhu to stop.
At this, the enemies lost all sense of direction. Aranyaka Parva, Chapter 550