Sanjaya said Then that foremost of men, the valiant Drona, that fierce bow-man possessed of the prowess of an infuriate elephants and of great energy taking up and shaking his bow capable of checking even an infuriate elephant, began to crush the arrayed lines of the Pandavas, having penetrated into their very midst.
संजय उवाच अथ वीरो महेष्वासो मत्तवारणविक्रमः। समादाय महच्चापं मत्तवारणवारणम्॥ विन्धुन्वानो नरश्रेष्ठो द्रावयाणो वरूथिनीम्। पृतनां पाण्डवेयानां गाहमानो महाबलः॥