Hearing these words of the king Kripa, the son of Sharadvat, installed Drona's son as generalissimo, at the mandate of the king.
राज्ञस्तु वचनं श्रुत्वा कृपः शारद्वतस्तथा। द्रौणि राज्ञो नियोगेन सैनापत्येऽभ्यषेचयत्॥