सौप्तिकपर्व

Parva summary

Ashvatthama, Kripacharya and Kritavarma enter the sleeping Pandava camp at night. Ashvatthama invokes Rudra and beheads Dhrishtadyumna, Shikhandi, all five Upapandavas — the children of Draupadi — believing them to be the Pandavas. The Pandavas, away with Krishna, survive. Ashvatthama then releases the Brahmashira astra at Uttara's unborn child. Krishna revives the foetus; Pariksh.it is born. Ashvatthama is cursed by Krishna to wander three thousand years bleeding, immortal and unhealed.