क्रूर बुद्धि का सहारा लेकर बार-बार उपर्युक्त निर्णय करके अश्वत्थामा ने सोते हुए अपने मामा कृपाचार्य तथा भोजवंशी कृतवर्मा को भी जगा दिया।
Having made the above-mentioned decision repeatedly by resorting to cruel intellect, Ashvatthama woke up his maternal uncle Kripacharya and also Kritavarma of the Bhoja dynasty who were sleeping.