It is, on this account, that he allowed him to enter into the array) without offering any opposition to him. Behold my misery now; that tormentor of foes, Drona, first, promised protection to the king of Sindhu.
अनिच्छतः कथं वीर द्रोणस्य युधि पाण्डवः। भिन्द्यात् सुदुर्भिदं व्यूह यतमानस्य शुष्मिणः॥