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Chapter 7: The Son of Droṇa Punished

Verse 56 of 56
SB 1.7.56

विमुच्य रशनाबद्धं बालहत्याहतप्रभम् तेजसा मणिना हीनं शिबिरान्निरयापयत्

vimucya raśanābaddhaṁ bāla-hatyā-hata-prabham tejasā maṇinā hīnaṁ śibirān nirayāpayat

Synonyms

vimucyaafter releasing him; raśanā-baddhamfrom the bondage of ropes; bāla-hatyāinfanticide; hata-prabhamloss of bodily luster; tejasāof the strength of; maṇināby the jewel; hīnambeing deprived of; śibirātfrom the camp; niraya-apayatdrove him out..

Translation

He [Aśvatthāmā] had already lost his bodily luster due to infanticide, and now, moreover, having lost the jewel from his head, he lost even more strength. Thus he was unbound and driven out of the camp.

Purport

Thus being insulted, the humiliated Aśvatthāmā was simultaneously killed and not killed by the intelligence of Lord Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna.

Verse 56 of 56
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