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# Gopalacampu 1.1.18

Gopālacampū 1.1.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.1.18)

so' haṃ kāvyasya lakṣyeṇa mano nirmāmi tādṛśam |  
tan mahānto yad īkṣeraṃs tadā hemni cito maṇiḥ || \[anuṣṭubh\]

> With the aim of poetry, I prepare such a mind  
> that if the great should look upon it, then a gem is set in gold. ||  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu~en-mt.1.1.18) — English, machine translation

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