Having slain twenty thousand car-warriors of the Panchalas, Drona stood on the battlefield like a blazing fire free from even a single curl of smoke.
हत्वा विंशतिसाहस्रान् पञ्चालानां रथव्रजान्। अतिष्ठदाहवे द्रोणो विधूमोऽग्निरिव ज्वलन्॥