The Pandavas camp, was perfectly calm when Drona's son had entered it in the night, because all the inmates were asleep. After the slaughter of the night, when all became once more quit, Ashvatthaman came out from it.
यथैव संसुप्तजने शिविरे प्राविशनिशि॥ तथैव हत्वा निःशब्दे निश्चकाम नरर्षभः।