Text 57] The Son of Drona Punished 373
teyasa manina hinam
Sibiran nirayapayat
vimucya—after releasing him; rasana-baddham—from the bondage of
ropes; bala-hatya—infanticide; hata-prabham—loss of bodily luster; tejasa—
of the strength of; manina—by the jewel; hinam—being deprived of; sibirat
—from the camp; niraya-apayat—drove him out.
TRANSLATION
He [ Asvatthama] 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 Asvatthama was simultaneously
killed and not killed by the intelligence of Lord Krsna and Arjuna.
TEXT 57
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vapanam dravinadanam
sthanan niryapanam tatha
esa hi brahmabandhiinam
vadho nanyo ’sti daihikah
vapanam—cleaving the hairs from the head; dravina—wealth; adanam—
forfeiting; sthanan—from the residence; niryapanam—driving away ; tatha—
also; esah—all these; hi—certainly; brahma-bandhiinam—of the relatives of
the brahmana; vadhah—killing; na—not; anyah—any other method; asti—
there is; daihikah—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 brahmana. There is no injunction for killing the body.
