Humiliated in battle by the prince of the Pandavas, Drona was no longer able to brook it; then for the destruction of his enemy, he speedily shot shafts at him.
स तन्न मसृषे द्रोणः पाञ्चाल्येनार्दितो मृधे। ततस्तस्य विनाशाय सत्वरं व्यसृजच्छरान्॥