Then O Bharata, the division of Drona, although he exerted to the best of his mighty, became divided in divided in three parts, having encountered Dhrishtadyumna in battle.
तथा तु यतमानस्य द्रोणस्य युधि भारत। धृष्टद्युम्नं समासाद्य त्रिधा सैन्यमभिद्यत॥