From that time did all the Kurus despair of their lives, when the king did not give a proper reply to the speeches of Bhishma and Drona.
तदैव कुरवः सर्वे निराशा जीवितेऽभवन्। भीष्मद्रोणौ यदा राजा न सम्यगनुभाषते॥