Our preceptor Drona, who is well versed in the code of morality and who practised the Brahmacharya life wishing for a knowledge of the Vedas and who made the four Padas (viz., mantra, upachara, prayoga and sanhara) his weapon, should be pleased by you after being duly greeted.
आचार्य इष्टो नयगो विधेयो वेदानभीप्सन् ब्रह्मचर्यं चचार। योऽस्त्रं चतुष्पात् पुनरेव चक्रे द्रोणः प्रसन्नोऽभिवाद्यस्त्वयाऽसौ॥