O king, your sons became very sanguine that, after Drona and Bhishma and the Suta's son had been killed, Shalya would kill all the sons of Pritha in battle.
आशा बलवती राजन् पुत्राणां तेऽभवत्तदा॥ हते द्रोणे च भीष्मे च सूतपुत्रे च पातिते। शल्यः पार्थान् रणे सर्वान् निहनिष्यति मारिष॥