On earth they appear to men as two different persons, though ir reality they are of one and the same soul. That highly-renowned invincible pair, can with the fiat of their will slay this host, if only they wish it. But for humanity's sake, they do not wish it. O son, the slaughter of Bhishma and Drona, of high souls, appears to be like the over-turning of the Yuga and the stupefaction of the senses. In this world neither by Brahmacharya, nor by the study of the Vedas.
नेच्छतः। एकात्मानौ द्विधाभूतौ दृश्येते मानवैर्भुवि। मनसाऽपि हि दुर्धर्षी सेनामेतां यशस्विनौ॥ नाशयेतामिहेच्छन्तौ मानुषत्वाच्च युगस्येव विपर्यासो लोकानामिव मोहनम्॥ भीष्मस्य च वधस्तात द्रोणस्य च महात्मनः। न होव ब्रह्मचर्येण न वेदाध्ययनेन च॥