O mighty-armed hero, though the behaviour of Bhishma, Drona and the high-souled Kripa is the same (to both parties). Yet it is my firin conviction that they would sacrifice in battle their lives, then which there is nothing dearer in this world, so that they might pay off (their debt) in the shape of royal favours which they enjoy.
समा यद्यपि भीष्मस्य वृत्तिरस्मासु तेषु च। द्रोणस्य च महाबाहो कृपस्य च महात्मनः॥ अवश्यं राजपिण्डस्तैर्निर्वेश्य इति मे मतिः। तस्मात् त्यक्ष्यन्ति संग्रामे प्राणानपि सुदुस्त्यजान्॥