MahabharataSauptika Parva: The book of the night attack
Sauptika Parva of the Mahabharata (the book of the night attack): a summary in plain words, book 10 of 18.
Ashwatthama, mad with rage at the death of his father and Duryodhana, attacks the Pandava camp at night and kills Draupadi's sons and the remaining warriors, except the five Pandavas, who are elsewhere. He and Arjuna release the Brahmashira weapon; Krishna curses Ashwatthama to wander for thousands of years with an incurable wound.
This is book 10 of the eighteen parvas of the Mahabharata. See all eighteen and the characters.
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A retelling in our own words of a story told in many ways across India and Asia. Tellers differ on many episodes. It is not a scholarly translation.