Being well-versed in the Vedas and Vedangas and having burnt all his sins by asceticism, the greatly illustrious Drona, obedient to the injunctions of his father and moved by the desire of offspring, married Kripi, the daughter of Sharadvana, ever engaged in Agnihotra, in piety and in penances.
वेदवेदाङ्गविद्वान् स तपसा दग्धकिल्बिषः। ततः पितृनियुक्तात्मा पुत्रलोभान्महायशाः॥ शारद्वतीं ततो भार्यां कृपी द्रोणोऽन्वविन्दत। अग्निहोत्रे च धर्मे च दमे च सततं रताम्॥