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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.7.45
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 45
- sa eṣa bhagavān droṇaḥ
- prajā-rūpeṇa vartate
- tasyātmano 'rdhaṁ patny āste
- nānvagād vīrasūḥ kṛpī
saḥhe — he; eṣaḥcertainly — certainly; bhagavānlord — lord; droṇaḥDroṇācārya — Droṇācārya; prajāin the form of his son Aśvatthāmā-rūpeṇain the form of his son Aśvatthāmā — in the form of his son Aśvatthāmā; vartateis existing — is existing; tasyahis — his; ātmanaḥof the body — of the body; ardhamhalf — half; patnīwife — wife; āsteliving — living; nanot — not; anvagātundertook — undertook; vīrasūḥhaving the son present — having the son present; kṛpīthe sister of Kṛpācārya — the sister of Kṛpācārya.
He [Droṇācārya] is certainly still existing, being represented by his son. His wife Kṛpī did not undergo a satī with him because she had a son.
The wife of Droṇācārya, Kṛpī, is the sister of Kṛpācārya. A devoted wife, who is according to revealed scripture the better half of her husband, is justified in embracing voluntary death along with her husband if she is without issue. But in the case of the wife of Droṇācārya, she did not undergo such a trial because she had her son, the representative of her husband. A widow is a widow only in name if there is a son of her husband existing. So in either case Aśvatthāmā was the representative of Droṇācārya, and therefore killing Aśvatthāmā would be like killing Droṇācārya. That was the argument of Draupadī against the killing of Aśvatthāmā.