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The [[Pandavas]] and [[Krishna]] who were away during the night, now return to their camp the next day morning. Hearing the news of these events [[Yudhishthira]] faints and the Pandavas become inconsolable. Bhima angrily rushes to kill Drona's son. They find him at sage [[Vyasa]]'s ashram near the bank of Bhagiratha. | The [[Pandavas]] and [[Krishna]] who were away during the night, now return to their camp the next day morning. Hearing the news of these events [[Yudhishthira]] faints and the Pandavas become inconsolable. Bhima angrily rushes to kill Drona's son. They find him at sage [[Vyasa]]'s ashram near the bank of Bhagiratha. | ||
The now triggered Ashwatthama invokes the [[Brahmashirā]] (the superior and sophisticated version of [[Brahmastra]]) against the Pandavas from a tiny blade of grass to fulfill the oath of killing them. Krishna asks Arjuna to fire the [[Brahmashirā]] as an anti-missile against Ashwatthama to defend themselves. Vyasa intervenes and prevents the destructive weapons from clashing against each other. He asks both Arjuna and Ashwatthama to take their weapons back. Arjuna, knowing how to do so takes it back. | The now triggered Ashwatthama invokes the [[Brahmashirā]] (the superior and sophisticated version of [[Brahmastra]]) against the Pandavas from a tiny blade of grass to fulfill the oath of killing them. Krishna asks [[Arjuna]] to fire the [[Brahmashirā]] as an anti-missile against Ashwatthama to defend themselves. Vyasa intervenes and prevents the destructive weapons from clashing against each other. He asks both Arjuna and Ashwatthama to take their weapons back. Arjuna, knowing how to do so takes it back. | ||
[[File: Narada and Vyasa came to stop Brahmasironamakastra used by Aswatthama and Arjuna.jpg|thumb|Narada and Vyasa came to stop | [[File: Narada and Vyasa came to stop Brahmasironamakastra used by Aswatthama and Arjuna.jpg|thumb|Narada and Vyasa came to stop Brahmashirās used by Ashwatthama and Arjuna respectively]] | ||
Ashwatthama | Ashwatthama however directs the [[Brahmashirsha astra|Brahmashirā]] towards the womb of the pregnant [[Uttarā (Mahabharata)|Uttara]] (Arjuna's daughter-in-law) instead in an attempt to end the lineage of the Pandavas. | ||
Krishna saves [[Uttarā (Mahabharata)|Uttara]]'s unborn child from the effects of | [[Krishna]] saves [[Uttarā (Mahabharata)|Uttara]]'s unborn child from the effects of the ''Brahmashirā'', on request of Draupadi, Subhadra and Sudeshna. As the child faced a test of life even before being born, Lord Sri Krishna named him [[Parikshit]] (literally: "the tested one") and later on this child succeeds Yudhisthira to become the next king of [[Hastinapur]]a. Ashwatthama was then made to surrender the gem on his forehead and cursed by [[Krishna]] for three thousand years that he will roam in the forests with blood and puss oozing out of his injuries and cry for death but death would not meet him.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mythgyaan |date=2017-10-16 |title=Who is Ashwathama? Why he was cursed by Krishna? Is he still alive? |url=https://mythgyaan.com/ashwathama-curse-still-alive/ |access-date=2022-10-09 |website=Mythgyaan |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
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