Ashvatthaman said was With yourself among all men, O Rishi, I shall reside. Let the words of this illustrious and foremost of men prove true.'
अश्वत्थामोवाच सहैव भवता ब्रह्मन् स्थास्यामि पुरुषेष्विह। सत्यवागस्तु भगवानयं च पुरुषोत्तमः॥