Having said so, Drona's son, ascending that sacrificial altar on which a fire was burning, offered himself up as the victim and entered that burning fire.
इत्युक्त्वा द्रौणिरास्थाय तां वेदी दीप्तपावकाम्। संत्यज्यात्मानमारुद्य कृष्णवर्त्मन्युपाविशात्॥