Text 57]
The Son of Droṇa Punished
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tejasā maṇinā hīnaṁ śibirān nirayāpayat
vimucya —after releasing him;  raśanā-baddham —from the bondage of ropes;  bāla-hatyā —infanticide;  hata-prabham —loss of bodily luster;  tejasā —of the strength of;  maṇinā —by the jewel;  hīnam —being deprived of;  śibirāt —from the camp;  niraya-apayat —drove him out.
TRANSLATION
He [Aśvatthāmā] had already lost his bodily luster due to infanticide, and now, moreover, having lost the jewel from his head, he lost even more strength. Thus he was unbound and driven out of the camp.
PURPORT
Thus being insulted, the humiliated Aśvatthāmā was simultaneously killed and not killed by the intelligence of Lord Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna.
TEXT 57
वपनं द्रविणादानं स्थानान्निर्यापणं तथा । एष हि ब्रह्मबन्धूनां वधो नान्योऽस्ति दैहिकः ॥५७॥
vapanam draviṇādānam sthānān niryāpaṇam tathā eṣa hi brahmabandhūnām vadho nānyo 'sti daihikaḥ
vapanam —cleaving the hairs from the head;  draviṇa —wealth;  adānam —forfeiting;  sthānān —from the residence;  niryāpaṇam —driving away;  tathā —also;  eṣaḥ —all these;  hi —certainly;  brahma-bandhūnām —of the relatives of the  brāhmaṇa ;  vadhaḥ —killing;  na —not;  anyaḥ —any other method;  asti —there is;  daihikaḥ —in the matter of the body.
TRANSLATION
Cutting the hair from his head, depriving him of his wealth and driving him from his residence are the prescribed punishments for the relative of a  brāhmaṇa . There is no injunction for killing the body.