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# Shatakatraya 2.13

Śatakatraya 2.13

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya.2.13)

mugdhe dhānuṣkatā keyam apūrvā tvayi dṛśyate |  
yayā vidhyasi cetāṃsi guṇair eva na sāyakaiḥ ||

> Charming girl, what is this unprecedented archery seen in you, / by which you pierce hearts with mere virtues/bowstrings, not with arrows?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.satakatraya~en-mt.2.13) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Bhartṛhariśataka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.muktaka.bhartrharisataka.9.13) — Bhartṛhari (grammarian), Sanskrit

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