Then Ashvatthaman, taking upon his car, the son of Hridika who had been deprived of his horses by the (Pandava) king, took him away from Yudhishthira's presence.
अश्वत्थामा ततो राज्ञा हताश्वं विरथीकृतम्। तमपोवाह हार्दिक्यं स्वरथेन युधिष्ठिरात्॥