Ashvatthaman said “Forsooth what you say, O maternal uncle, is true. The Pandavas, however, have, before this, deviated from the path of righteousness.
एवमेव यथाऽऽत्थ त्वं मातुलेह न संशयः। तैस्तु पूर्वमयं सेतुः शतधा विदलीकृतः॥