So, may it please you, I desire to have either your permission to go home or to be protected by the high-souled Drona and his son, both endued with heroism."
सोऽहमिच्छाम्यनुज्ञातुं रक्षितुं वा महात्मना। द्रोणेन सहपुत्रेण वीरेण यदि मन्यसे॥