Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c8.1981

c8.1981

The child in the womb died when the missile struck it. Śrī Kṛṣṇa was greatly agitated by this wicked act of Aśvatthāmā and he said thus: "Oh Aśvatthāmā, the child now dead in its womb would surely come to life again. You will be called a sinner because of this infanticide. Because of this you will roam about on earth for three thousand years and during that time nobody would mingle with you. You will not get a seat anywhere. All diseases will find an abode in your body. But this infant would grow up to a king and rule the country for sixty years. He would become celebrated as the next Kururāja." (Sauptika Parva, Mahābhārata)