Shringaraprakasha 9.p1.5

9.p1.5

12.172 yathā ca veṇīsaṃhāre, prathame'ṅke, ceṭī --- ai jaṇṇaseṇi pañca gāmā pathīantitti suṇīadi kīsa dāṇīṃ vi de kesā ṇa saṃjamīanti| (ayi yājñaseni pañcagrāmāḥ prārthyanta iti śrūyate| tatkasmādidānīmapi te keśā na saṃyamyante|) bhīmasenaḥ --- sahadeva, śrutam| sahadevaḥ --- ārya kimihocyate| duryodhanakalatraṃ hi sā| paśya| strīṇāṃ hi sāhacaryādbhavanti cetāṃsi bhartṛsadṛśāni| madhurāpi hi mūrcchayate viṣaviṭapisamāśritā vallī || iti| .... .... jānīyāllakṣaṇaṃ nāṭakāśrayam || yathā ratnāvalyāṃ, tṛtīye'ṅke, kadalīgṛhe citragatāṃ sāgarikāṃ nirvarṇayati rājani, 12.173 vidūṣakaḥ --- bho vaassa, kīsa uṇa esā oṇadamuhī ālihidā| [bho vayasya, kasmātpunareṣā avanatamukhyālikhitā ? (etacchrutvā''ha susaṅgatā) sahi, jaha ayyavasantio maṃtedi taha takkemi bhaṭṭiṇāvi iha evva hovadavvaṃti| [sakhi, yathā vasantako tarkayate tathā tarkayāmi bhartrāpyatraiva bhavitavyam| abhūtapūrvo'pyartho yassādṛśyātparikalpitaḥ| lokasya hṛdayagrāhī so'bhiprāpaya iti smṛtaḥ || yathā mudrā vedevilīeye --- .... .... dīvaravanam| tatassnānakīḍājanitajaḍabhāvairavayavaiḥ kadācinmuñceyaṃ madanaśikhipīḍāparibhavam || yatrārthānāṃ prasiddhānāṃ kriyate parikīrtanam| parāpekṣāvyudāsārthaṃ tannidarśanamucyate || 12.174 yathā mālatīmādhave, kāmandakī --- ayi sarale, kimatra bhagavatyā śakyam| prabhavati prāyaḥ kumārīṇāṃ janayitā daivaṃ ca| yacca kila, kauśikī śakuntalā duṣyantamapsarāḥ purūravasaṃ cakame ūrvaśītyākhyānavida ācakṣatetyādi tadapi sāhasakalpamityanupadeṣṭavyameveti|

12.172 And as in the Veṇīsaṃhāra, in the first act, the Maidservant: 'O Yājñasenī, it is heard that five villages are being requested; why then are your braids still not tied up?'
Bhīmasena: 'Sahadeva, did you hear?'
Sahadeva: 'Noble brother, what can be said here? For she is Duryodhana's wife. Look:
For the minds of women become like their husbands from association; / for even a sweet vine, clinging to a poisonous tree, produces intoxication.'
... One should know the dramatic characteristic belonging to drama.
As in the Ratnāvalī, in the third act, in the plantain-bower, while the King observes Sāgarikā in the painting,
12.173 The Vidūṣaka: 'Friend, but why is she painted with a downcast face?'
[Hearing this, Susaṅgatā says:] 'Friend, as the noble Vasantaka surmises, so I guess the master must also be right here.'
When an unprecedented matter is conceived through resemblance and captivates the hearts of the world, that is remembered as Intended Conception (abhiprāya).
As in the Mudrā[rākṣasa] ...
'... the water lily grove. Then, with limbs numbed by the sport of bathing, I might perhaps cast off the oppression and torment of the fire of love.'
Where the recitation of well-known facts is made to dismiss dependence on another, that is called Illustration (nidarśana).
12.174 As in the Mālatīmādhava, Kāmandakī: 'O simple girl, what can the venerable lady do here? Mostly, the father and destiny have power over young girls. And as for what storytellers relate, namely, that the Kauśikī maiden Śakuntalā loved Duṣyanta, and the apsaras Urvaśī loved Purūravas, even that is almost reckless and surely not to be advised.'