संजय उवाच
तथा परुषितं दृष्ट्वा सूतपुत्रेण मातुलम् ॥
खड्गम् उद्यम्य वेगेन द्रौणिर् अभ्यपतद् द्रुतम् ॥
अश्वत्थामोवाच
कर्ण पश्य सुदुर्बुद्धे तिष्ठेदानीं नराधम ॥
एष ते ऽद्य शिरः कायाद् उद्धरामि सुदुर्मते ॥
संजय उवाच
तम् उत्पतन्तं वेगेन राजा दुर्योधनः स्वयम् ॥
न्यवारयन् महाराज कृपश् च द्विपदां वरः ॥
saṃjaya uvāca
tathā paruṣitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sūtaputreṇa mātulam ||
khaḍgam udyamya vegena drauṇir abhyapatad drutam ||
aśvatthāmovāca
karṇa paśya sudurbuddhe tiṣṭhedānīṃ narādhama ||
eṣa te 'dya śiraḥ kāyād uddharāmi sudurmate ||
saṃjaya uvāca
tam utpatantaṃ vegena rājā duryodhanaḥ svayam ||
nyavārayan mahārāja kṛpaś ca dvipadāṃ varaḥ ||
Seeing his uncle [Kripa] so wounded by the suta's son, Drauni [Ashvatthaman], swiftly raising his sword, rushed forward: "Karna, behold, most feeble-minded one, stand now, most vile one; now I shall take your head from your body, most witless one." As he swooped down swiftly, King Duryodhana himself restrained him, O great king, and so did Kripa, best among men.
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Ashvatthaman draws his sword for his insulted uncle: kinship's love flares into wrath. It is telling that discord ripens within the camp itself — allies stand ready to kill one another. The verse teaches that strife within one's own ranks is more dangerous than the enemy outside; where comrades draw swords against each other, their cause is already broken from within, however strong the foe without.