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# Dutaghatotkaca 14: śakuniḥ

Dūtaghaṭotkaca 14

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.14)

kāmaṃ na tasya rucitaḥ kulavigraho'ya-  
masmāṃśca garhayati sa priyapāṇḍavatvāt |  
yuddhotthitairjayamavāpya hi tulyarūpaṃ  
evaṃ prahṛṣṭavadanairabhigantumenam || 14 ||

> Certainly, this family feud is not pleasing to him, / and he censures us because of his affection for the Pāṇḍavas; / for it is not fitting for those rising from battle having won victory / to approach him thus with joyful faces.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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