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ते समेन पथा यात्वा योत्स्यमाना महारथाः । कुरुक्षेत्रस्य पश्चार्धे व्यवतिष्ठन्त दंशिताः॥५-१९६-११॥
Those great chariot-warriors, marching by an even route and intent on battle, took up their stations in the western sector of Kurukṣetra, fully armed and arrayed.
english translation
दुर्योधनस्तु शिबिरं कारयामास भारत । यथैव हास्तिनपुरं द्वितीयं समलंकृतम्॥५-१९६-१२॥
Duryodhana, O Bhārata, had a camp built—adorned as though it were a second Hāstinapura.
english translation
न विशेषं विजानन्ति पुरस्य शिबिरस्य वा । कुशला अपि राजेन्द्र नरा नगरवासिनः॥५-१९६-१३॥
Even skilled townsmen, O lord of kings, could not discern any difference between the city and the camp.
english translation
तादृशान्येव दुर्गाणि राज्ञामपि महीपतिः । कारयामास कौरव्यः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः॥५-१९६-१४॥
The Kaurava lord of the earth likewise had fortifications of the same kind constructed for the kings—by the hundreds and even by the thousands.
english translation
पञ्चयोजनमुत्सृज्य मण्डलं तद्रणाजिरम् । सेनानिवेशास्ते राजन्नाविशञ्शतसंघशः॥५-१९६-१५॥
Leaving a circuit of five yojanas as the appointed field of battle, those army encampments, O king, entered and settled there in companies of hundreds.
english translation