O sire, then the mighty Drona careered fiercely amid the army of the sons of Pandu, like the god of Death himself; and he appeared like one young, though bearing the weight of years.
स तथा तेष्वनीकेषु पाण्डुपुत्रस्य मारिष। कालवद् व्यचरद् द्रोणो युवेव स्थविरो बली॥