Unshared Agonies

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