Hearing that the righteous preceptor has been slain in battle by unfair means by Dhristadyumna what indeed did Ashvatthaman sky?
तमधर्मेण धर्मिष्ठं धृष्टद्युम्नेन संयुगे। श्रुत्वा निहतमाचार्यमश्वत्थामा किमब्रवीत्॥