When that great bowman had fallen and lain down on the bed of arrows, it was them, O foremost of men, that Drona was appointed as the commander (of the army) at your request.
हते तस्मिन् महेष्वासे शरतल्पगते तथा। त्वयोक्ते पुरुष व्याघ्र द्रोणो ह्यासीत् पुरः सरः॥