Arguna said: How, O destroyer of Madhu! shall I encounter with arrows in battle Bhisma and Drona both, O destroyer of enemies! entitled to reverence? Without killing (my) preceptors (men) of great glory it is better to live even on alms in this world. But if killing them, though that are avaricious of worldly goods, I should only enjoy blood-tainted enjoyments. Nor do we know which of the two is better for us whether that we should vanquish them, or that they should vanquish us. Even those, whom having killed, we do not wish to live even thse sons of Dhritarashtra stand (arrayed) against us.