Meanwhile Ashvatthaman having regained his senses, began, O foremost of the Bharatas, to reflect, distressed with grief and sighing repeatedly.
अश्वत्थामा तु सम्प्राप्य चेतनां भरतर्षभ। चिन्तयामास दुःखार्ता निःश्वसंश्च पुनः पुनः॥