The Sanskrit Drama in its Origin, Development, Theory & Practice c10.s5.38

c10.s5.38

*bahūnāṃ samupetānām ekasmin nirghṛṇātmanām* *bāle putre praharatāṃ kathaṃ na patitā bhujāḥ.* ‘How could these cruel men bear to raise their arms to smite one young boy, alone against such a concourse?’ The necessity of toil to achieve any end is well brought out in a verse in the *Pratijñāyaugandharāyaṇa*,¹ which has a curious parallel in Aṣvaghoṣa:²