Vaishampayana said : Then Drona did exactly what he had said. The princes were all amazed and their eyes expanded with delight. Regarding what they saw as very extraordinary, they said-
वैशम्पायन उवाच ततो यथोक्तं द्रोणेन तत् सर्वं कृतमञ्जसा॥ तदवेक्ष्य कुमारास्ते विस्मयोत्फुल्ललोचनाः। आश्चर्यमिदमत्यन्तमिति मत्वा वचोऽब्रुवन्॥