When the indomitable Drona, who is foremost among those conversant with Brahma and is equal to Shuka and Angirasa in learning, is here, who else is worthy of being selected as a leader?
को हि तिष्ठति दुर्धर्षे द्रोणे शस्त्रभृतां वरे। सेनापतिः स्यादन्योऽस्माच्छुकाङ्गिरसदर्शनात्॥