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Sage Narada and the grandfather of the
Bharatas, Vyasa, the embodiment of all
Dharmas, stood with their supreme
splendour, between the two blazing
missiles, to calm the two warriors,
Asvatthaman and Arjuna.
 
SAUPTIKA PARVA
 
सञ्जहार शरं दिव्यं त्वरमाणो धनञ्जयः ।
अशक्तः प्रतिसंहारे परमास्त्रस्य संयुगे ।
द्रौणिर्दोनमना [राजन् ] गर्भषु प्रमुमोच ह ॥
 
Hastening, Arjuna withdrew the divine
arrow. Incapable of withdrawing that
supreme missile in the battle, Asvatthaman,
with a dejected mind, discharged it at the
womb (of Uttara).
 
तदाशाय हृषीकेशो द्रौणि प्रत्यब्रवीत्तदा ।
'परीक्षिद्भविता ह्येषां पुनवेशकरस्सुतः ।
 
अहं तं जीवियिष्यामि दग्धं शस्त्राग्नितेजसा ॥"
 
Knowing that Asvatthaman had discharged
the missile of Brahmasiras at Uttara's womb,
Krishna told him : "There will be born
a son, Parikshit, the continuer of the