Beholding his own son slain, Virata, fled out of fear, leaving Drona in battle who then looked like Death himself with yawning jaws.
हतं तमात्मजं दृष्ट्वा विराट: प्राद्रवद् भयात्। उत्सृज्य समरे द्रोणं व्यात्ताननमिवान्तकम्॥