The twang of bows, the sound of Vedic recitations, the whistle of shafts, the whiz of swords and the rattle of cars, these sounds were the be heard incessantly in the pavilion of Drona. But I do not hear them now.
सौमदत्तिं श्रुतनिधि तेषां न श्रूयते ध्वनिः। ज्याघोषो ब्रह्मघोषश्च तोमरासिरथध्वनिः॥