Your son then, O king, said to Kripa-'Let the son of Drona, O foremost of Brahmanas, blessed by you, if you wish to do me good, be, at my command, appointed as generalissimo.
तमब्रवीन्महाराज पुत्रस्तव विशाम्पते॥ ममाज्ञया द्विजश्रेष्ठ द्रोणपुत्रोऽभिषिच्यताम्। सैनापत्येन भद्रं ते मम चेदिच्छसि प्रियम्॥