SB 1.7.33

Synonyms

tataḥ — then [after retracting the fire of the two missiles within himself (svasmin tejo-dvaya-saṅkramaṇānantaram)¹²⁹]; amarṣa-tāmra-akṣaḥ — Arjuna, whose eyes were red with anger [amarṣeṇa kopena tāmre akṣiṇī yasya saḥ]; tarasā — swiftly [(śīghram);¹³⁰ or forcibly (balena)¹³¹]; āsādya — bore down upon [(samīpaṁ gatvā);¹³² (samīpam etya);¹³³ (nikaṭe gatvā)¹³⁴]; dāruṇam — the cruel [ugram¹³⁵]; gautamī-sutam — son of Gautamī [she who was born in the Gautama dynasty and also known as Kṛpī (gautama-vaṁśājātā gautamī kṛpī)¹³⁶]; babandha — [and] bound [him]; raśanayā — with a rope; yathā — like; paśum — an animal [here, the illustration is in regard to the common element of cruelty (niṣkṛpatve dṛṣṭāntaḥ), implying that it was morally justified to bind Aśvatthāmā just as one would a cruel animal (paśuṁ yatheti tasya bandhanaṁ dharma ity artha eva), or that he was bound like an animal marked for religious sacrifice (vā dṛṣṭāntaḥ yathā yājñika-paśum iti)].

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