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# Dutaghatotkaca 33: ghaṭotkacaḥ

Dūtaghaṭotkaca 33

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.33)

prayāmi saubhadravināśacoditedidṛkṣurādyārimanāryacetasam |  
vicintayaṃścakradharamya śāsanaṃ yathā gajendro'ṅkaśaśaṅkito balim || 33 ||

> Prompted by the destruction of Saubhadra, I advance wishing to see the foremost enemy of ignoble mind, / bearing in mind the command of the Wielder of the Discus, as an elephant king, fearing the goad, \[advances to\] the offering. || 33  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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