Then a fierce fight commenced between Drona and him of the Satvata race, before the very eyes of all the troops-fight that resembled that between Bali and Vasava fought in the day's of yore.
स सम्प्रहारस्तुमुलो द्रोणसात्वतयोरभूत्। पश्यतां सर्वसैन्यानां बलिवासवयोरिव॥