I kept his words always in my mind. Some time after, in obedience to the injunction of my father and in the temptation of begetting offspring, I married the illustrious daughter of Gautama (Kripi) who had sort hair, who possessed great intelligence and observed many rigid vows and who was ever engaged in the Agnihotra, sacrifices and austerities. She gave birth to a son, named Ashvathama, who was greatly powerful and as the sun.
तच्च वाक्यमहं नित्यं मनसा धारयंस्तदा। सोऽहं पितृनियोगेन पुत्रलोभाद् यशस्विनीम्॥ नातिकेशी महाप्रज्ञामुपयेमे महाव्रताम्। अग्निहोत्रे च सत्रे च दमे च सततं रताम्॥ पुत्रमश्वत्थामानमौरसम्। भीमविक्रमकर्माणमादित्यसमतेजसम्॥