Having spoken as before, Drona, had betaken to yoga. Endued with great splendour and possessed of ascetic merit, he had set his heart on that ancient and paramount being viz., Vishnu.
तथोक्त्वा योगमास्थाय ज्योतिर्भूतो महातपाः। पुराणं पुरुषं विष्णुं जगाम मनसा परम्॥