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# Rajatarangini (Dvitiya) 333

English (machine translation) 333

- **Language:** English

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

Meanwhile, when ‘Alī Shēr, having defeated his brother's son,  
hastily returned, Jamshīd, distressed by exhaustion from the battle, fled.

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

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?

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

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.

## Linked texts (1)

- [Rājataraṅgiṇī (Dvitīyā)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.historical.kashmir.rajatarangini.jonaraja.333) — Jonarāja, Sanskrit

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