Sanjaya said When, O lord of the earth, that terrific nocturnal battle, destructive of all the creatures, was raging, Yudhishthira, the son of Dharma, spoke to the (other) Pandavas and the united Panchalas and Somakas, O monarch, for the destruction of men, cars and elephants, "make a rush upon Drona only in order to slay him."
संजय उवाच वर्तमाने तदा रौद्रे रात्रियुद्धे विशाम्पते। सर्वभूतक्षयकरे धर्मपुत्रो युधिष्ठिरः॥ अब्रवीत् पाण्डवांश्चैव पञ्चालांश्चैव सोमकान्। अभिद्रवत् संयातं द्रोणमेव जिघांसया॥