[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) › 1 # Dutaghatotkaca 1: sūtradhāraḥ Dūtaghaṭotkaca 1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.1) nārāyaṇastribhuvanaikaparāyaṇo vaḥ pāyādupāyaśatayuktikaraḥ surāṇām | lokatrayāviratanāṭakatantravastu- prastāvanapratisamāpanasūtradhāraḥ || 1 || > May Nārāyaṇa protect you—the sole refuge of the three worlds, > who devised hundreds of stratagems for the gods, > the stage-manager who introduces and brings to completion > the plot of the unending drama of the three worlds. (1) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.p1) - [Next: p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.p2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca~en-mt.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.1) · Pramāṇa