I had no hope of success, O Sanjaya, when I heard that Ashvathama, having been pursued by Bhima, had discharged the greatest of weapons, named Aishika, by which the son in the womb of Uttara was destroyed.
यदाश्रौषं भीमसेनानुयाते नाश्वत्थाम्ना परमास्त्रं प्रयुक्तम्। क्रुद्धेनैषीकमवधीद्येन गर्भ तदा नाशंसे विजयाय संजय॥