Or so arrange the expedition, as is liked by Sharadvata's son Kripa, the preceptor Drona and the wise and the aged grand-father of the Kurus; O king of the earth, consulting with each other we shall speedily start to gainour end.
प्राज्ञो वा कुरुवृद्धोऽयं सर्वेषां नः पितामहः। आचार्यश्च यथा द्रोणः कृपः शारद्वतस्तथा। मन्यन्ते ते यथा सर्वे तथा यात्रा विधीयताम्॥