Though quite capable of freeing himself (from the mouth of the alligator), he (Drona) spoke to all his pupils in a hurry, “Kill this alligator and rescue me.”
स समर्थोऽपि मोक्षाय शिष्यान् सर्वानचोदयत्। ग्राहं हत्वा मोक्षयध्वं मामिति त्वरयन्निव॥