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"My son Yudhishthira! Has Ashvatthama been killed ?"
Yudhishthira replied:
"Yes, he has been killed, but man, elephant has been killed."
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When Yudhishthira uttered the words "Yes, he has been killed," all others made a very great noise. Preceptor Drona could not hear the words "but not man, elephant has been killed" and he became
unconscious.
In this case Yudhishthira spoke the truth by speech but he spoke untruth by mind. The reason is this. Preceptor Drona had asked about his son Ashvatthama. Yudhishthira also knew this fact that the purpose of the question of the preceptor did not relate to the word or name Ashvatthama, but it was to get information about his own son. So Yudhishthira
