Drona also, desirous of winning great fame, fought on with the Parthas, protecting his array and helped, in the encounter, by his own troops.
रक्षमाणः स्वकं व्यूह द्रोणोऽपि सह सैनिकैः। अयोधयद् रणे पार्थान् प्रार्थयानो महद् यशः॥