The very righteous king addressed these words to Dhananjaya-"O foremost of men today you have heard of the design of Drona.
अब्रवीद् धर्मराजस्तु धनंजयमिदं वचः। श्रुतं ते पुरुषव्याघ्र द्रोणस्याद्य चिकीर्षितम्॥