Unshared Agonies
A Nano Tale
"I gave birth. Droṇa listened," Kṛpī remembered. "Today, crying for Aśvatthāman, did Droṇa need me?"
Canonical basis: Ādiparvan 121.12-14
agnihotre ca dharme ca dame ca satataṃ ratā
alabhad Gautamī putram Aśvatthāmānam eva ca
sa jāta-mātro vyanadad yath'aiv'Occaiḥśravā hayaḥ
tac chrutvā'ntarhitaṃ bhūtam antarikṣastham abravīt
aśvasy'ev'āsya yat sthāma nadataḥ pradiśo gatam
Aśvatthām'aiva bālo'yaṃ tasmān nāmnā bhaviṣyati
Canonical basis: Droṇaparvan 165.33-35
evam uktas tato Droṇo Bhīmen'otsṛjya tad dhanuḥ
sarvāṇy astrāṇi dharm'ātmā hātu-kāmo'bhyabhāṣata
Karṇa Karṇa mahe'ṣv-āsa Kṛpa Duryodhan'eti ca
saṃgrāme kriyatāṃ yatno bravīmy eṣa punaḥ punaḥ
Pāṇḍavebhyaḥ śivaṃ vo'stu śastram abhyutsṛjāmy aham
iti tatra mahā-rāja prākrośad Drauṇim eva ca
utsṛjya ca raṇe śastraṃ rath'opasthe niveśya ca
abhayaṃ sarva-bhūtānāṃ pradadau yoga-yuktavān
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