War · Departure · XXI. Bhīṣma · Parīkṣit

Verse 182

अश्वत्थामवधायासत्रातपाण्डुसुतः कृती ।इषीकास्त्रप्रशमनो द्रौणिरक्षाविचक्षणः॥

aśvatthāmavadhāyāsatrātapāṇḍusutaḥ kṛtī ·iṣīkāstrapraśamanō drauṇirakṣāvichakṣaṇaḥ

The Names in This Verse (4)

881 aśvatthāmavadhāyāsatrātapāṇḍusutaḥ

who saved the Pāṇḍu-sons from Aśvatthāmā's attempt to kill them

882 kṛtī

the supremely accomplished

883 iṣīkāstrapraśamanaḥ

who neutralized the iṣīkā-brahmāstra

Aśvatthāmā's final weapon

M.B Sauptikaparva 15-16

When Aśvatthāmā discharges the iṣīkā-brahmastra against the Pāṇḍava bloodline, Kṛṣṇa and the sage Vyāsa intervene; Arjuna's own brahmastra, recalled, cancels it; Kṛṣṇa directs the operation.

884 drauṇirakṣāvicakṣaṇaḥ

supremely skilful in protecting against Droṇa's son