[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) › 19 # Dutaghatotkaca 19: dhatarāṣṭraḥ Dūtaghaṭotkaca 19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.19) svacchandamṛtyurnihato hi bhīṣmaḥ svenopadeśena kṛtātmatuṣṭiḥ | ayaṃ tu bālaḥ kuruvaṃśanātharichanno'rjunasya prathamaḥ pravālaḥ || 19 || > For Bhīṣma, whose death was at his own will, was slain satisfied in his own mind through his own instruction; / but this boy, the lord of the Kuru race, was Arjuna's first shoot cut down. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: p72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.p72) - [Next: p73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.p73) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca~en-mt.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.19) · Pramāṇa