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# Shatakatraya 1.34

Śatakatraya 1.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.1.34)

santy anye 'pi bṛhaspati-prabhṛtayaḥ sambhāvitāḥ pañcaṣās  
tān praty eṣa viśeṣa-vikrama-rucī rāhur na vairāyate |  
dvāv eva grasate divākara-niśā-prāṇeśvarau bhāskarau  
bhrātaḥ parvaṇi paśya dānava-patiḥ śīrṣāvaśeṣākṛtiḥ ||

> There are indeed five or six other honored beings, such as Bṛhaspati; / Rāhu, who delights in extraordinary valor, bears no enmity toward them; / it is only the two brilliant lights, the lords of day and night, that he swallows: / behold, brother, the lord of the Dānavas on the new or full moon day, with only a head for his form!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.1.34) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.3.26) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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