Those steeds moreover were of good breed and were endued with mettle and strength and resembled elephants in seize. Then the Bharata troops, resembling the ocean for its vastness, became affrighted and terrible agitated, save and exert Drona and Arjuna. They both then became the refuge and the protectors of the warriors of their respective sides.
कुलसत्त्वबलोपेता वाजिनो वारणोपमाः। विह्वलं तूर्णमुद्भरान्तं सभयं भारतातुरम्॥ बलमासीत् तदा सर्वमृते द्रोणार्जुनावुभौ। तावेवास्तां निलयनं तावार्तायनमेव च॥