Desirous of protecting him in battle whosoever shall fight with me, I will cover him, O king, with my arrows, be he Drona himself or Kripa.
रक्षमाणाश्च तं संख्ये ये मां योत्स्यन्ति केचन। अपि द्रोणकृपौ राजन् छादयिष्यामि ताञ्छरैः॥