Venisamhara 6.902

6.902

&dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ&:
vatsa tavāpi ko 'tra doṣaḥ / avasānamidānīṃ bharatakulasya / saṃjaya kimidānīṃ karomi mandabhāgyaḥ* /vicintya**
bhavatvevaṃ tāvat / saṃjaya madvacanādbrūhi bhāradvājamaśvatthāmānam /

smarati na bhavānpītaṃ stanyaṃ vibhajya sahāmunā $ mama ca mṛditaṃ kṣaumaṃ bālye tvadaṅgavivartanaiḥ &
anujanidhanasphītācchokādatipraṇayācca ya- ē̃ dvacanavikṛtiṣvasya krodho mudhā kriyate tvayā // 5.41 //

Dhṛtarāṣṭra:
My child, what fault is yours in this either? It is now the end of the lineage of Bharata. Saṃjaya, what shall I, wretched in fortune, do now? [Thinking] / Be it so for now. Saṃjaya, say to Aśvatthāman, son of Bharadvāja, in my words:

"Do you not remember suckling the breast together with him, sharing it, / and my silk cloth crushed in childhood by the wriggling of your limbs? / When his words are distorted out of grief swollen by his brother’s death and out of deep affection, / it is in vain that you direct your anger against him. // 5.41