I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that Drona though he displayed many modes of fight, had not killed any of the chief Pandavas.
यदा द्रोणो विविधानस्त्रमार्गान् निदर्शयन् समरे चित्रयोधी। न पाण्डवाञ्च्छ्रेष्ठतरान् निहन्ति तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय॥