But this foremost of all the wielders of weapons, this preceptor and teacher, of all the warriors, this Drona who is venerable in years, is worthy of being elected generalissimo.
अयं च सर्वयोधानामाचार्यः स्थविरो गुरुः। यक्तः सेनापतिः कर्तुं द्रोणः शस्त्रभृतां वरः॥