O foremost of men, Dhristadyumna slew Drona in the terrace of his own car. Then that indomitable subduer of foes, his body stained with blood, jumped down from the car on the earth, looking red like the (newly-risen) solar disc. Thus the soldiers behold Drona slain in the battle.
धृष्टद्युम्नोऽवधीद् द्रोणं रथतल्पे नरर्षभम्। शोणितेन परिक्लिन्नो रथाद् भूमिमथापतत्॥ लोहिताङ्ग इवादित्यो दुर्धर्षः समपद्यता एवं तं निहतं संख्ये ददृशे सैनिको जनः॥