Others are reciting the three well-known Saman verses that are used on such occasions. Burning the dead body of Drona on that fire, like fire in fire, those saintly disciples of his, are proceeding towards the banks of Ganga, along the left side of the pyre and having placed Kripi at their head."
सामभिस्त्रिभिरन्तस्थैरनुशंसन्ति चापरे। अग्नावग्निं समाधाय द्रोणं हुत्वा हुताशने॥ गच्छन्त्यभिमुखा गङ्गां द्रोणशिष्या द्विजातयः। अपसव्यां चितिं कृत्वा पुरस्कृत्य कृपी च ते॥