As Bharadvaja, was pleased on obtaining me, so I was pleased to getting that son. One day Ashvathama began to cry on seeing some rich men's sons drink milk. I was so beside myself at this that I lost all knowledge of the points of heaven.
पुत्रेण तेन प्रीतोऽहं भरद्वाजो मया यथा। गोक्षीरं पिबतो दृष्ट्वा धनिनस्तत्र पुत्रकान्। अश्वत्थामारुदद् बालस्तन्मे संदेहयद् दिशः॥