Thus afflicted by Drona, those two foremost of car-warriors (Krishna and Arjuna) shunned him who then resembled the irresistibly raging conflagration that appears at the end of every Yuga.
अथ तौ वध्यमानौ तु द्रोणेन रथसत्तमौ। आवर्जयेतां दुर्धर्षे युगान्ताग्निमिवोत्थितम्॥