Three in number Drona robbed the vital breaths, whereupon they fell down dead on the ground. Thereafter Drona vanquished in battle, the Chedis the Kaikayas and the Srinjayas.
त्रिभिट्टैणोऽहरत् प्राणांस्ते हता न्यपतन् भुवि। ततो द्रोणोऽजयद् युद्धे चेदिकैकेयसंजयान्॥