O monarch, when Mahadeva had become angry, the whole world was thus agitated, and, when he became gratified, Everything was safe. Highly powerful, the god Mahadeva was pleased with Ashvatthaman.
तस्मिन् क्रुद्धेऽभवत् सर्वमसुस्थं भुवनं प्रभो। प्रसन्ने च पुनः सुस्थं प्रसन्नोऽस्य च वीर्यवान्॥