881 aśvatthāmavadhāyāsatrātapāṇḍusutaḥ
who saved the Pāṇḍu-sons from Aśvatthāmā's attempt to kill them
अश्वत्थामवधायासत्रातपाण्डुसुतः कृती ।इषीकास्त्रप्रशमनो द्रौणिरक्षाविचक्षणः॥
aśvatthāmavadhāyāsatrātapāṇḍusutaḥ kṛtī ·iṣīkāstrapraśamanō drauṇirakṣāvichakṣaṇaḥ
who saved the Pāṇḍu-sons from Aśvatthāmā's attempt to kill them
the supremely accomplished
who neutralized the iṣīkā-brahmāstra
Aśvatthāmā's final weapon
When Aśvatthāmā discharges the iṣīkā-brahmastra against the Pāṇḍava bloodline, Kṛṣṇa and the sage Vyāsa intervene; Arjuna's own brahmastra, recalled, cancels it; Kṛṣṇa directs the operation.
supremely skilful in protecting against Droṇa's son