Who is there, not even excluding the lord Indra, that can kill them before these heroes? Besides, O king Ashvatthaman could achieve this only because the men were all asleep.
को हि तेषां समक्षं तान् हन्यादपि मरुत्पतिः॥ एतदीदृशकं वृत्तं राजन् सुप्तजने विभो।