Text 33
tata āsādya tarasā
dāruṇaṁ gautamī-sutam
babandhāmarṣa-tāmrākṣaḥ
paśuṁ raśanayā yathā
tataḥ — thereupon; āsādya — arrested; tarasā — dexterously; dāruṇam — dangerous; gautamī-sutam — the son of Gautamī; babandha — bound up; amarṣa — angry; tāmra-akṣaḥ — with copper-red eyes; paśum — animal; raśanayā — by ropes; yathā — as it were.
アルジュナは２つの銅の赤球のように瞳を怒りに燃え上がらせ、ゴウタミの息子を巧みに取り押さえた。そして、彼を動物のようにロープで縛り上げた。
Aśvatthāmā’s mother, Kṛpī, was born in the family of Gautama. The significant point in this śloka is that Aśvatthāmā was caught and bound up with ropes like an animal. According to Śrīdhara Svāmī, Arjuna was obliged to catch this son of a brāhmaṇa like an animal as a part of his duty (dharma). This suggestion by Śrīdhara Svāmī is also confirmed in the later statement of Śrī Kṛṣṇa. Aśvatthāmā was a bona fide son of Droṇācārya and Kṛpī, but because he had degraded himself to a lower status of life, it was proper to treat him as an animal and not as a brāhmaṇa.