Weeping Draupadi
Ashvatthama killed Draupadi’s som during sleep. So Draupadi asked Arjuna to present her Ashvatthama’s head. Arjuna, with Krishna as his charioteer, went to fight with Ashvatthama. Ashvatthama only knew how to use Brahmaastra and didn’t know how to retrieve it. He still used it. Arjuna cut him with the Brahmaastra but retrieved the two Brahmaastra to save the world. He tied Ashvatthama and took him to Draupadi. She felt pity on him and asked Arjuna to let him go but inspired by Krishna, Arjuna took the precious gem from Asvatthama’s forehead and gave it to Draupadi. Like this his promise was kept and then Asvatthama was allowed to go. Krishna said “A fallen Brahmin is also not worth the kill, but a tyrant should not be left unpunished.” And so this saying was followed.
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