On the fall of his brother in the field of battle, Drona, after having ridden on his elephant that was white like a mass of snow and that was ornamented with gold and again, that resembled a summit of the Himalayas, proceeded with a view to slay the younger brother of Indra and Dhananjaya.
हिमावदातेन सुवर्णमालिना हिमाद्रिकूटप्रतिमेन दन्तिना। जिघांसुरिन्द्रावरजं धनंजयम्॥