Your sire Devavrata then, on seeing the Kuru army routed, smilingly thus spoke to the heroic son of Bharadvaja (Drona) on that field of battle.
तत् प्रभग्नं बलं दृष्ट्वा पिता देवव्रतस्तव। अब्रवीत् समरे शूरं भारद्वाजं स्मयन्निव॥