Then that foremost of car-warriors namely Drona, received unflinchingly those highly puissant heroic car-warriors, all masters in the art of fighting.
तान् प्रत्यगृह्णादव्यग्रो द्रोणोऽपि रथिनां वरः। महास्थानतिबलान् वीरान् समरयोधिनः॥