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# Rajatarangini (Dvitiya) 158.p9

Rājataraṅgiṇī (Dvitīyā) 158.p9

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [158.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.158.p9)

ghāsendhanādisambhāraḍhaukanāya kṣaṇaṃ kṣaṇam /  
baddhā Mlecchair amucyanta biḍālair iva mūṣakāḥ // JRt\_B.178 //

> Only for moments were the captives released by the Mlecchas to fetch loads of grass, firewood, and the like, / as mice \[might be let loose\] by cats.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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