Aśvatthāmā’s Buddhi-Doctrine and Nocturnal Incursion Resolve (अश्वत्थाम्नः बुद्धिविचारः सौप्तिकसंकल्पश्च)
“यदि क्षत्रियके धर्मको जानकर भी मैं ब्राह्मणत्वका सहारा लेकर कोई दूसरा महान् कर्म करने लगूँ तो सत्पुरुषोंके समाजमें मेरे उस कार्यका सम्मान नहीं होगा ।। धाययंश्व थर्नुर्दिव्यं दिव्यान्यस्त्राणि चाहवे । पितरं निहतं दृष्टवा कि नु वक्ष्यामि संसदि
“If, even knowing the kṣatriya’s dharma, I were to shelter myself behind brāhmaṇa-hood and set about some other ‘great deed,’ then among the righteous my act would win no honor. I bear a divine bow and divine weapons in battle; having seen my father slain, what could I say in the assembly?”
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