[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) › 47 # Dutaghatotkaca 47: ghaṭotkacaḥ Dūtaghaṭotkaca 47 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.47) na tu jatugṛhe suptān bhrātṛn dahanti niśācarāḥ śirāsa na tathā bhrātuḥ patnīṃ spṛśanti niśācarāḥ | na ca sutavadhaṃ saṃkhye kartuṃ smaranti niśācarā: vikṛtavapuṣo'pyuprācārā ghṛṇā na tu varjitā || 47 || > Night-wanderers do not burn their brothers asleep in a house of lac, / nor do night-wanderers touch their brother's wife by the hair. / Nor do night-wanderers think to slaughter a boy in battle; / though misshapen in body and fierce in conduct, compassion is not forsaken by them. || 47 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: p131](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.p131) - [Next: 48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.48) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca~en-mt.47) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.bhasa.dutaghatotkaca.47) · Pramāṇa