The Brahmana said: Being determined to humiliate the Panchala king, that intelligent man (Drona) went to the city of Hastinapur, the capital of the Kurus.
ब्राह्मण उवाच स विनिश्चित्य मनसा पाञ्चाल्यं प्रति बुद्धिमान्। जगाम कुरुमुख्यानां नगरं नागसाह्वयम्॥