What do you seek, adjust and honourable peace or a mutually destructive
war? Ponder well and make your choice."
Duryodhana replied: "Revered sire, I have no wish for peace. I
shall not give even a village to the Pandavas. Let us get ready for war."
Then Drona said: "Let prince Duryodhana take away a fourth of the
army to guard him and return to Hastinapura. Let another surround the cows and seize them.
If we return without seizing the cows it would amount to an
acknowledgment of defeat. With the rest of the army, the five of us will give battle to
Arjuna."
The Kaurava forces ranged themselves accordingly in battle array.
Arjuna said: "O Uttara, I do not see Duryodhana's chariot or Duryodhana. I see
Bhishma standing, clad in armour.
I think Duryodhana is driving away the cows to Hastinapura; let us
pursue him and recover the cows." With these words Arjuna moved away from the
Kaurava army and went after Duryodhana and the cows.