संजय उवाच
छद्मना निहतं श्रुत्वा पितरं पापकर्मणा ॥
बाष्पेणापूर्यत द्रौणी रोषेण च नरर्षभ ॥
तस्य क्रुद्धस्य राजेन्द्र वपुर् दिव्यम् अदृश्यत ॥
अन्तकस्येव भूतानि जिहीर्षोः कालपर्यये ॥
अश्रुपूर्णे ततो नेत्रे अपमृज्य पुनः पुनः ॥
उवाच कोपान् निःश्वस्य दुर्योधनम् इदं वचः ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
chadmanā nihataṃ śrutvā pitaraṃ pāpakarmaṇā ||
bāṣpeṇāpūryata drauṇī roṣeṇa ca nararṣabha ||
tasya kruddhasya rājendra vapur divyam adṛśyata ||
antakasyeva bhūtāni jihīrṣoḥ kālaparyaye ||
aśrupūrṇe tato netre apamṛjya punaḥ punaḥ ||
uvāca kopān niḥśvasya duryodhanam idaṃ vacaḥ ||
Having heard that his father was slain by deceit, by the sinful one, Drauni [Ashvatthaman] was filled with tears and with fury, O bull among men. Upon him, enraged, O lord of kings, a divine form was seen — like Antaka's [Yama's], wishing to carry off all beings at the end of time. Then, wiping his tear-filled eyes again and again, sighing in wrath, he spoke this word to Duryodhana.
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Grief and fury merge: Ashvatthaman's body takes on the terrible form of Yama at the hour of dissolution. It is telling that in great souls sorrow does not remain tears but turns into destructive force — he wipes his tears "again and again," yielding place to wrath. The verse teaches that suffering left untransformed easily turns into a thirst for annihilation; one who finds no peace for grief becomes its instrument — bringing ruin not to one, but to many.