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On the last night of the war after [[Duryodhana]]'s death and the [[Kaurava]]'s defeat, [[Ashwathama]] gathered the only other surviving [[Kaurava]] warriors - [[Kritavarma]] and [[Kripacharya]], and attacked the Pandava camp on the 18th night of the [[Kurukshetra war]]. He killed [[Dhrishtadyumna]], [[Shikhandi]], and many other prominent warriors of the Pandava army while they were sleeping. | On the last night of the war after [[Duryodhana]]'s death and the [[Kaurava]]'s defeat, [[Ashwathama]] gathered the only other surviving [[Kaurava]] warriors - [[Kritavarma]] and [[Kripacharya]], and attacked the Pandava camp on the 18th night of the [[Kurukshetra war]]. He killed [[Dhrishtadyumna]], [[Shikhandi]], and many other prominent warriors of the Pandava army while they were sleeping. | ||
Ashwatthama killed all the | [[Ashwatthama]] killed all the Upapandavas who were awake by then along with [[Shikhandi]] in battle when they came out of their chambers after hearing | ||
the screams of other soldiers to fight [[Ashwatthama]]. In some versions of the story, he believes them to be the five Pandava brothers due to darkness; in others, he purposefully attacks the Pandavas' [[heir]]s in order to hurt the Pandavas emotionally by destroying their lineage. | |||
Ashwatthama was eventually cursed by [[Krishna]] for his heinous act of | Ashwatthama was eventually cursed by [[Krishna]] for his heinous act of attempting to kill the baby [[Parikshit]] in the womb of Uttara, to roam the world for 3000 years with loneliness, incurable bruises and ulcers. | ||
In the Jataka tales version of the Mahabharata, Parikshit's mentors included both Sutasoma. Prativindhya, Shrutakarma, and Shatanika at least(who even in Sauptika Parva is shown as wounded not dead) have definite longer lives in Jatakas. | In the Jataka tales version of the Mahabharata, Parikshit's mentors included both Sutasoma. Prativindhya, Shrutakarma, and Shatanika at least(who even in Sauptika Parva is shown as wounded not dead) have definite longer lives in Jatakas. | ||
Ashwatthama killed the Upapandavas | According to the original Mahabharata epic [[Ashwatthama]] didn't killed the Upapandavas in their sleep instead he killed them in a fair night battle. | ||
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