Then is narrated the story of the swan and the crow as an insulting allusion to Karna. Then is the death of Pandya at the hands of the high-souled Ashvathama.
हंसकाकीयमाख्यानं तत्रैवाक्षेपसंहितम्। वधः पाण्ड्यस्य च तथा अश्वत्थाम्ना महात्मना।।२७१।