That foremost of men, learned in the Vedas (Drona) is skilled in the Brahma weapon. Therefore, Drona has defeated me in a contest arising out of a quarrel on friendship.
स हि ब्रह्मविदां श्रेष्ठो ब्रह्मास्त्रे चाप्यनुत्तमः। तस्माद् द्रोणः पराजैष्ट मां वै स सखिविग्रहे॥