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# Gopalacampu 1.23.8

Gopālacampū 1.23.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.krsna.gopalacampu.1.23.8)

iti gatās tava preṣyatāṃ punaḥ  
kim u tayā dṛśā haṃsi tās tu naḥ? |  
yad iha śastrataḥ kevalaṃ vadhaḥ  
sphurati nākṣitas tan-mataṃ tv adhaḥ ||

> Having thus become your handmaidens, / why do you kill us with that very glance? / For here, slaughter is perceived only by a weapon, / not by an eye; yet that opinion is inferior! //  
> — 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.1.23.8) — English, machine translation

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