Ashwathama's uproarious laughter stirs up all the bottled up emotions of Drupada. Drupada's life mission has been the death of Drona. He is now defiant, bitter and sarcastic. He berates the Pandavas; he regrets being on the side of Pandavas in a war where they are not only loved by their adversaries like Drona and Bhishma who would never think of killing them, but are also protected by divine boons. It is his family that is caught in this web and have to pay with their lives. He turns to Krishna for an answer. Krishna reassures Drupada that his sacrifices would not go waste. He turns to the Pandavas and extracts the promise that they would treat Drona as their foe who wouldn't be shown any mercy. Drupada is now convinced that Pandavas would treat Drona as their adversary and not hesitate to kill him. Duryodhana is livid with rage that Drona's mission of bringing Yudhishtra as a hostage is not successful. He demands to know why, despite Susharma's luring Arjuna
Sun TV Mahabharatham Translated Into English