He was called learned, in the Vedas, as well as in the Science of arms by all men wellversed in the Vedas. He was a doer of wonderful deeds and a pride of his race.
धनुर्वेदे च वेदे च यं तं वेदविदो विदुः। वरिष्ठं चित्रकर्माणं द्रोणं स्वकुलवर्धनम्॥