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THE MAHABHARATA
 
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त्रस्तान्कुन्तीसुतान्दृष्टाट्वा केशवोऽर्जुनमब्रवीत् ।

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नैष युद्धेन संग्रामे जेतुं शक्यः कथञ्चन ।
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न्यस्तशस्त्रस्तु संग्रामे शक्यो हन्तुं भवेन्नृभिः ।

आस्थीयतां जये योगो धर्ममुत्सृज्य पाण्डवाः ।

अश्वत्थाम्नि हते नैष युध्येदिति मतिर्मम ।

तं हतं संयुगे कश्चिदस्मै शंसतु मानवः ॥ '
 

Seeing the Pandavas in fear, Krishna

said to Arjuna : "This Drona cannot be

conquered by any means by fighting in

the battle; he can be killed by men if

he lays down his arms. Pandavas adopt

some trick for victory, abandoning Dharma.

I think, Drona will not fight, if Asvat-

thaman were killed ; let somebody tell

Drona that Asvatthaman has been killed in

the battle."
 

 
एतन्नारोचयद् [राजन् ] कुन्तीपुत्रो धनञ्जयः ।

अन्ये त्वरोचयन्सर्वे कृच्छ्रेण तु युधिष्ठिरः ॥
 

Arjuna did not like this; all the rest

did; Yudhisthira approved of it with

difficulty.