Vaishampayana said : O king, thereupon the mighty son of Bharadvaja (Drona), coming before Drupada, told that monarch, “Consider me as friend."
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो दुपदमासाद्य भारद्वाजः प्रतापवान्। अब्रवीत् पार्थिवं राजन् सखायं विद्धि मामिह॥