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Shiva Purana

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मंस्था मा ह्येतदाश्चर्य्यं सर्वचित्रमये शिवे ॥ यस्स्वशक्त्याखिलं विश्वं सृजत्यवति हन्त्यजः ॥ ३१ ॥

Do not consider this very surprising in Śiva who is full of wondrous things and who, the unborn, creates, protects and annihilates the entire universe by his own power.

english translation

अश्वत्थामा ततो ज्ञात्वा वृत्तमेतच्छिवांशजः ॥ शैवन्न विव्यथे किञ्चिच्छिवेच्छातुष्टधीर्मुने ॥ ३२ ॥

O sage, knowing that this happened by the influence of Śiva, Aśvatthāman, born of Śiva’s part and delighted in heart at Śiva’s wish, was not at all sorry.

english translation

अथ द्रौणिरिदं विश्वं कृत्स्नं कर्तुमपाण्डवम्॥ उत्तरागर्भगं बालं नाशितुम्मन आदधे ॥ ३३॥

Then the son of Droṇa wishing the world to be rid of Pāṇḍava lineage desired to kill the child in the womb of Uttarā.

english translation

ब्रह्मास्त्रमनिवार्य्यं तदन्यैरस्त्रैर्महाप्रभम् ॥ उत्तरागर्भमुद्दिश्य चिक्षेप स महाप्रभुः ॥ ३४ ॥

The powerful Aśvatthāman hurled the excessively lustrous Brāhma-missile that could not be countermanded by any other missile, aiming it at the womb of Uttarā.

english translation

ततश्च सोत्तरा जिष्णुवधूर्विकलमानसा ॥ कृष्णन्तुष्टाव लक्ष्मीशन्दह्यमाना तदस्त्रतः ॥ ३५ ॥

Then Uttarā the daughter-in-law of Arjuna, burning within due to that missile and agitated in the mind eulogised Kṛṣṇa, the lord of Lakṣmī.

english translation