[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Drama (rūpaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays) › [The Trivandrum plays attributed to Bhāsa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa) › [Dutaghatotkaca](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca) › 17 # Dutaghatotkaca 17: dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ Dūtaghaṭotkaca 17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.17) bahūnāṃ samavetānāmekasminnirghṛṇātmanām | bāle putre praharatāṃ kathaṃ na patitā bhujāḥ || 17 || > When so many gathered together against one, cruel-hearted, / striking a boy, a son—how did your arms not fall off? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: p68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.p68) - [Next: p69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.p69) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca~en-mt.17) — English, machine translation ## Discussed in (1) - [The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.keith-1924.c10.s5.37) — Keith 1924, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.17) · Pramāṇa