Canto 1, Chapter 7

The Son of Droṇa Punished

Verse 56 (SB 1.7.56)
SB 1.7.56 • मूल श्लोक

विमुच्य रशनाबद्धं बालहत्याहतप्रभम् । तेजसा मणिना हीनं शिबिरान्निरयापयत् ॥ ५६ ॥

Transliteration

vimucya raśanā-baddhaṁ bāla-hatyā-hata-prabham tejasā maṇinā hīnaṁ śibirān nirayāpayat

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

vimucya — after releasing him; raśanā-baddham — from the bondage of ropes; bāla-hatyā — infanticide; hata-prabham — loss of bodily luster; tejasā — of the strength of; maṇinā — by the jewel; hīnam — being deprived of; śibirāt — from the camp; nirayāpayat — drove 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.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

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