For this reason it was that like a mean fellow, he then addressed Ashvatthaman, the son of his preceptor and worthy of his respect in such a vale, cruel, disagreeable and undeserving language.
तस्मादनहमश्लीलमप्रियं द्रौणिमुक्तवान्। मान्यमाचार्यतनयं रूक्षं कापुरुषं यथा॥