अथ शरशतभिन्नकृत्तदेहैर्; हतपतितैः क्षणदाचरैः समन्तात् ॥
निधनम् उपगतैर् मही कृताभूद्; गिरिशिखरैर् इव दुर्गमातिरौद्रा ॥
तं सिद्धगन्धर्वपिशाचसंघा; नागाः सुपर्णाः पितरो वयांसि ॥
रक्षोगणा भूतगणाश् च द्रौणिम्; अपूजयन्न् अप्सरसः सुराश् च ॥
atha śaraśatabhinnakṛttadehair; hatapatitaiḥ kṣaṇadācaraiḥ samantāt ||
nidhanam upagatair mahī kṛtābhūd; giriśikharair iva durgamātiraudrā ||
taṃ siddhagandharvapiśācasaṃghā; nāgāḥ suparṇāḥ pitaro vayāṃsi ||
rakṣogaṇā bhūtagaṇāś ca drauṇim; apūjayann apsarasaḥ surāś ca ||
Then -- with bodies cut apart by hundreds of arrows, with the slain, fallen night-ranging rakshasas lying everywhere, all come to their death -- the earth became, as if by mountain peaks, impassable and most terrible. Him -- Drauni -- the hosts of siddhas, gandharvas, and pishachas, the nagas, suparnas, ancestors, and birds, the hosts of rakshasas and bhutas, and the apsaras and gods alike, all honored.
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The chapter is crowned with the universal glorification of Ashvatthaman -- by siddhas, gods, ancestors, even the rakshasas themselves: valor acknowledged by the whole of creation. It is telling that the earth becomes "impassable with mountains of corpses" -- behind the praise stands a mountain of the dead. The verse teaches that the greatest valor draws the homage of all worlds; but this homage is inseparable from the horror of what was done -- and glory sung by the gods is paid for by a field made impassable with bodies.