[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) › 45 # Dutaghatotkaca 45: ghaṭotkacaḥ Dūtaghaṭotkaca 45 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.45) akṣānvimuñca śakune ! kuru bāṇayogya- maṣṭāpadaṃ samarakarmaṇi yuktarūpam | na hyatra dāraharaṇaṃ na ca rājyatantraṃ prāṇāḥ paṇo'tra ratirugrabalaiśca bāṇaiḥ || 45 || > Abandon your dice, Śakuni! Make the chessboard fit for arrows, / suitable for the work of battle! / For here is no seizing of a wife, nor the governance of a kingdom; / here life is the stake, and the delight is with arrows of terrible might! || 45 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: p129](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.p129) - [Next: p130](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.p130) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca~en-mt.45) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.45) · Pramāṇa