Vaishampayana said : Having been thus addressed by that utterer of the Vedas, Drona, the deity from whose mouth the Vedas have sprung (Agni) being well-pleased and remembering his promise to Mandapala, thus spoke.
वैशम्पायन उवाच एवमुक्तो जातवेदा द्रोणेन बह्मवादिना। द्रोणमाह प्रतीतात्मा मन्दपालप्रतिज्ञया॥