Seeing this, Ashvathama, his heart being full of rage, remembering the death of his father, determined kill the sleeping Panchalas.
द्रौणिः क्रोधसमाविष्टः पितुर्वधमनुस्मरन्। पञ्चालानां प्रसुप्तानां वधं प्रति मनो दधे॥