Having with dreadful rites worshipped Rudra, of dreadful deeds, Ashvatthaman, with joined hands said to that high-souled deity,-
तं रुद्रं रौद्रकर्माणं रौद्रैः कर्मभिरच्युतम्। अभिष्टुत्य महात्मानमित्युवाच कृताञ्जलिः॥