Sanjaya said In spite of all these, O ruler of men, many excellent heroes, desirous of doing good to your son and of keeping their reputation unsullied, followed Drona's track.
संजय उवाच तथापि तव पुत्रस्य प्रियकामा विशाम्पते। यशः प्रवीरा लोकेषु रक्षन्तो द्रोणमन्वयुः॥