Vaishampayana said After Kripa had been taken away, the irrepressible Drona, having red horses, taking up his bow to which an arrow had already been set, rushed towards Arjuna of white horses.
वैशम्पायन उवाच कृपेऽपनीते द्रोणस्तु प्रगृह्य सशरं धनुः। अभ्यद्रवदनाधृष्यः शोणाश्वः श्वेतवाहनम्॥