Even these were the words that the sons of Pritha said, O monarch, when o foremost of the Bharatas, they were greatly afflicted by him in that fierce fight.
इत्युब्रुवन् महाराज रणे द्रोणेन पीडिताः॥ वर्तमाने तथा रौद्रे संग्रामे भरतर्षभ।