That great hero, always desirous of comparing his strength with Drona, supported by the Pandava-army, and recollecting the wrongs inflicted (by Drona) on his father (Drupada, the king of the Panchalas) performed great feats in battlc.
स च सेनापरिवृतो द्रोणप्रेप्सुर्महामनाः। पितुर्निकारान् संस्मृत्य रणे कर्माकरोन्महत्॥