The foremost of all wielders of arms, the preceptor (Drona), was born in a water vessel and the son of Gautama (Kripa) sprung from a clump of heath.
आचार्यः कलशाज्जातो द्रोणः शस्त्रभृतां वरः। गौतमस्यान्ववाये च शरस्तम्बाच्च गौतमः॥