Drona said I do not take your words in ill-part; you are to me like Ashvatthaman himself, I tell you this for sooth. O ruler of men, do you now act up to my advices.
द्रोण उवाच नाभ्यसूयामि ते वाक्यमश्वत्थाम्नासि मे समः। सत्यं तु ते प्रवक्ष्यामि तज्जुषस्व विषाम्पते॥