Placing him at their head, the Kauravas had challenged the Pandavas. That foremost of all warriors was in the end wounded with weapons.
यं पुरोधाय कुरव आह्वयन्ति स्म पाण्डवान्। सोऽयं शस्त्रभृतां श्रेष्ठो द्रोणः शस्त्रैः परिक्षतः॥