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Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. [devotees repeat] [chants verse]

tadā śucas te pramṛjāmi bhadre yad brahma-bandhoḥ śira ātatāyinaḥ gāṇḍīva-muktair viśikhair upāhare tvākramya yat snāsyasi dagdha-putrā

[SB 1.7.16]

[04:44]

Translation = "O gentle lady, when I present you with the head of that brāhmaṇa, after beheading him with arrows …

Prabhupāda:

tadā śucas te pramṛjāmi bhadre yad brahma-bandhoḥ śira ātatāyinaḥ gāṇḍīva-muktair viśikhair upāhare tvākramya yat snāsyasi dagdha-putrā

[SB 1.7.16]

So yad brahma-bandhoḥ. Brahma-bandhu, or kṣatra-bandhu, a person born in the family of a brāhmaṇa but has no brāhmaṇa qualification, …

So here, Aśvatthāmā, he's born of a brāhmaṇa father, but his work has been proved just like a butcher. So …

So here, a brahma-bandhu... Aśvatthāmā was born of a brāhmaṇa, Droṇācārya, but he killed the five sons of Draupadī most …

So this Aśvatthāmā was an aggressor. Therefore Arjuna decided to kill him. He is, although he's born in a brāhmaṇa …

Kṣatriya---how to become strong, stout, brave, no going away when there is challenge, not to go away from fighting, to …

And the vaiśya qualification---agriculture. Kṛṣi. Kṛṣi-gorakṣya, and cow protection. Kṛṣi-gorakṣya-vāṇijyam [Bg. 18.44]. And if there is excess, then vāṇijya, trade. …

So considering all these points, Aśvatthāmā is accepted here as brahma-bandhu. And at the same time he's aggressor. Brahma-bandhoḥ ātatāyinaḥ. …

So, next verse you can read? This verse is finished.

Pradyumna: [leads chanting of verse and synonyms]

iti priyāṁ valgu-vicitra-jalpaiḥ sa sāntvayitvācyuta-mitra-sūtaḥ anvādravad daṁśita ugra-dhanvā kapi-dhvajo guru-putraṁ rathena

[SB 1.7.17]

Translation = "Arjuna, who is guided by the infallible Lord as friend and driver, thus satisfied the dear lady by …