Having said this, that chastiser of foes, Drona took off his ring and threw it into that dry well. Thereupon, the son of Kunti, Yudhisthira, spoke to Drona thus-
एवमुक्त्वा कुमारांस्तान् द्रोण: स्वाङ्गुलिवेष्टनम्। कूपे निरुदके तमिन्नपातयदरिंदमः॥ ततोऽब्रवीत् तदा द्रोणं कुन्तीपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः।