Having come out of thc encampinent, the brave Ashvatthaman met his two companions and, filled with joy, communicated to them his achievement gladdening them, O king, by the news.
निष्क्रम्य शिविरात् तस्मात् ताभ्यां संगम्य वीर्यवान्॥ आचख्यौ कर्म तत् सर्वं हृष्टः संहर्षयन् विभो।