Then the principal warriors (of the two armies) praised those two most exalted of men, those two great bowmen, viz., Drona and the son of Pritha, who were conversant with all the (arts of) warfare.
ततः सैनिकमुख्यास्ते प्रशशंसुर्नरर्षभौ। द्रोणपार्थो महेष्वासौ सर्वयुद्धविशारदौ॥