Then, O foremost of men, encountering Drona that son of Bharadvaja, that mighty carwarrior, they began to pour upon him showers of sharp arrows furnished with wings of Kanka-feathers and the feathers of peacocks.
ते समेत्य नरव्याघ्रा भारद्वाजं महारथम्। अभ्यवर्षशरैस्तीक्ष्णैः कङ्कबर्हिणवाजितैः॥