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# Rajatarangini (Dvitiya) 333

Rājataraṅgiṇī (Dvitīyā) 333

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [333](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.333)

bhrātṛputraṃ parābhūya tāvad Alleśire drutam /  
vyāvṛtte raṇakhedārtaḫ prapalāyata Jyaṃśiraḥ //

> Meanwhile, when ‘Alī Shēr, having defeated his brother's son,  
> hastily returned, Jamshīd, distressed by exhaustion from the battle, fled.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [333.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.333.p1)

\[Ps-JRT 23\]  
dīpasyeva śikhā dhvānte yasya dhīr āpadi sphuret /  
sa ratnaṃ ratnajāteś ca pāṣāṇebhyaẖ kim antaram // JRt\_B.381 //

> Whose intellect flashes in adversity like the flame of a lamp in the dark,  
> he is a jewel; and what difference is there between jewels and common stones?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [333.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.333.p2)

samadhitsata bhedāya kañcit kālaṃ sa vairiṇam /  
amoghā dūragā buddhiś śastrāṇy apy ativartate // JRt\_B.382 //

> He made an agreement with his enemy for a short time in order to divide \[his forces\];  
> far-reaching and unfailing intellect surpasses even weapons.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja~en-mt.333) — English, machine translation

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