Drona caused a dreadful carnage among the host of the Pandavas, like that which Vishnu the revered of all the celestials and the Asuras, caused among the host of the latter.
द्रोणस्तु पाण्डवानी के चकार कदनं महत्। यथा दैत्यगणे विष्णुः सुरासुरनमस्कृतः॥