“O grandfather, hear what I say; O descendant of Bharata, O scion of the Kuru race, when you, and that foremost of men learned in arms, Drona, with his son and with all our other friends, and also the great bowman Kripa are alive. I do not consider it creditable that my troops should run away.
पितामह निबोधेदं यत् त्वां वक्ष्यामि भारत। नानुरूपमहं मन्ये त्वयि जीवति कौरव॥ द्रोणे चास्त्रविदां श्रेष्ठे सपुत्रे ससुहज्जने। कृपे चैव महेष्वासे द्रवते यद् वरूथिनी॥