Covered Drona fearlessly; then Drona addressing him said-”Your preceptor has gone before, shunning me in battle as a veritable coward.
आच्छादयदसम्भ्रान्तस्ततो द्रोण उवाच हा तवाचार्यो रणं हित्वा गतः कापुरुषो यथा॥