Bhagavad Gita · Mahabharata Codex

Dhrishtadyumna

धृष्टद्युम्न · dhṛṣṭadyumna

Prince of Panchala; commander-in-chief of the Pandava army

He was born to kill Drona, and Drona taught him anyway.

Dhrishtadyumna stepped fully armed out of his father Drupada's sacrificial fire, born for one purpose: the death of Drona. Drona knew this and still accepted him as a student. He commands the whole Pandava army for all eighteen days. He is the 'son of Drupada, your own gifted student' with whom Duryodhana needles Drona in the Gita's third verse.