भरद्वाजस्य तु सखा पृषतो नाम पार्थिवः ॥
तस्यापि द्रुपदो नाम तदा समभवत् सुतः ॥
स नित्यम् आश्रमं गत्वा द्रोणेन सह पार्षतः ॥
चिक्रीडाध्ययनं चैव चकार क्षत्रियर्षभः ॥
ततस् तु पृषते ऽतीते स राजा द्रुपदो ऽभवत् ॥
द्रोणो ऽपि रामं शुश्राव दित्सन्तं वसु सर्वशः ॥
bharadvājasya tu sakhā pṛṣato nāma pārthivaḥ ||
tasyāpi drupado nāma tadā samabhavat sutaḥ ||
sa nityam āśramaṃ gatvā droṇena saha pārṣataḥ ||
cikrīḍādhyayanaṃ caiva cakāra kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ ||
tatas tu pṛṣate 'tīte sa rājā drupado 'bhavat ||
droṇo 'pi rāmaṃ śuśrāva ditsantaṃ vasu sarvaśaḥ ||
'Bharadvaja had a friend, a king named Prishata, to whom a son named Drupada was then born. That son of Prishata, always coming to the hermitage, played and studied together with Drona, the bull among kshatriyas. Then, after Prishata's passing, Drupada became king, and Drona heard that Rama-Parashurama wished to give away all his wealth.'
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Here begins a friendship destined to shatter. It is telling that in boyhood a brahmin and a prince are companions in play and study: a child's friendship knows no distinction of rank. Here is visible the purity of unbiased affection, as it is before power and pride corrupt it. Telling too is the contrast of two paths: Drupada rises to the throne while Drona remains in want — and the friends' paths diverge. Thus the scripture shows how peers, equal in youth, are parted by life onto different roads; and this disparity will become the ground for the future feud.