Bhishma said That king was by nature not courageous, and was quiet. King Drupada, through a ruler of the earth, was dreadfully alarmed.
भीष्म उवाच स हि प्रकृत्या वै भीतः किल्बिषी च नराधिपः। भयं तीव्रमनुप्राप्तो दुपदः पृथिवीपतिः॥