Dhritarashtra, O monarch, gave the earth to Bhishma and Drona and what was more, he entrusted them with the lives of his sons.
धृतराष्ट्रेण भीष्माय द्रोणाय च विशाम्पते। विसृष्टा पृथिवी सर्वा सह पुत्रैश्च तत्परैः॥