Possessed of great ascetic merit, Drona, himself not born of woman, having worshipped the three-eyed deity with care and penances, beget him upon a wife not born of woman.
आराध्य त्र्यम्बकं यत्नाद् व्रतैरुपैर्महातपाः। अयोनिजायामुत्पन्नो द्रोणेनायोनिजेन यः॥