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# Rajatarangini (Dvitiya) 230

Rājataraṅgiṇī (Dvitīyā) 230

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [230](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.230)

āstikatvaṃ kiyat tasya varṇyate varṇadhāriṇaḥ /  
krimimardabhayād ghaṇṭāṃ yo 'badhnād vājino gale //

> How could one describe the piety of that bearer of royal splendour, / who tied a bell around his horse's neck for fear of crushing worms?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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