SB 1.7.55
TEXT 55
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TEXT
सूत उवाच
अर्जुनः सहसाऽऽज्ञाय हरेर्हार्दमथासिना । मणिं जहार मूर्धन्यं द्विजस्य सह मूर्धजम् ॥ ५५ ॥ suta uvaca
arjunah sahasa''jnaya
harer hardam athasina
manim jahara murdhanyam
dvijasya saha murdhajam
sutah-Suta Gosvami; uvaca-said; arjunah-Arjuna; sahasa-just at that time; ajnaya-knowing it; hareh-of the Lord; hardam-motive; atha-thus; asina-by the sword; manim-the jewel; jahara-separated; murdhanyam-on the head; dvijasya-of the twice-born; saha-with; murdhajam-hairs.
TRANSLATION
Just then Arjuna could understand the motive of the Lord by His equivocal orders, and thus with his sword he severed both hair and jewel from the head of Asvatthama.
PURPORT
Contradictory orders of different persons are impossible to carry out. Therefore a compromise was selected by Arjuna by his sharp intelligence, and he separated the jewel from the head of Asvatthama which was as good as cutting off his head, and yet his life was saved for all practical purposes. Here Asvatthama is indicated as twice-born. Certainly he was twice-born, but he fell down from his position, and therefore he was properly punished.
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