Canto & Chapters
Creation (19 Chapters)
Chapter 123v
Questions by the Sages
Chapter 233v
Divinity and Divine Service
Chapter 344v
Kṛṣṇa Is the Source of All Incarnations
Chapter 431v
The Appearance of Śrī Nārada
Chapter 540v
Nārada’s Instructions on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam for Vyāsadeva
Chapter 638v
Conversation Between Nārada and Vyāsadeva
Chapter 756v
The Son of Droṇa Punished
Chapter 852v
Prayers by Queen Kuntī and Parīkṣit Saved
Chapter 948v
The Passing Away of Bhīṣmadeva in the Presence of Lord Kṛṣṇa
Chapter 1033v
Departure of Lord Kṛṣṇa for Dvārakā
Chapter 1137v
Lord Kṛṣṇa’s Entrance into Dvārakā
Chapter 1236v
Birth of Emperor Parīkṣit
Chapter 1359v
Dhṛtarāṣṭra Quits Home
Chapter 1441v
The Disappearance of Lord Kṛṣṇa
Chapter 1548v
The Pāṇḍavas Retire Timely
Chapter 1629v
How Parīkṣit Received the Age of Kali
Chapter 1743v
Punishment and Reward of Kali
Chapter 1849v
Mahārāja Parīkṣit Cursed by a Brāhmaṇa Boy
Chapter 1939v
The Appearance of Śukadeva Gosvāmī
Canto 1, Chapter 7
The Son of Droṇa Punished
Verse 33 (SB 1.7.33)
SB 1.7.33 • मूल श्लोक
तत आसाद्य तरसा दारुणं गौतमीसुतम् । बबन्धामर्षताम्राक्ष: पशुं रशनया यथा ॥ ३३ ॥
Transliteration
tata āsādya tarasā dāruṇaṁ gautamī-sutam babandhāmarṣa-tāmrākṣaḥ paśuṁ raśanayā yathā
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
tataḥ — thereupon; āsādya — arrested; tarasā — dexterously; dāruṇam — dangerous; gautamī-sutam — the son of Gautamī; babandha — bound up; amarṣa — angry; tāmra-akṣaḥ — with copper-red eyes; paśum — animal; raśanayā — by ropes; yathā — as it were.
Translation
“Arjuna, his eyes blazing in anger like two red balls of copper, dexterously arrested the son of Gautamī and bound him with ropes like an animal.”
Bhaktivedanta Purport
By Śrīla PrabhupādaAśvatthāmā’s mother, Kṛpī, was born in the family of Gautama. The significant point in this śloka is that Aśvatthāmā was caught and bound up with ropes like an animal. According to Śrīdhara Svāmī, Arjuna was obliged to catch this son of a brāhmaṇa like an animal as a part of his duty (dharma). This suggestion by Śrīdhara Svāmī is also confirmed in the later statement of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Aśvatthāmā was a bona fide son of Droṇācārya and Kṛpī, but because he had degraded himself to a lower status of life, it was proper to treat him as an animal and not as a brāhmaṇa.