[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Arts, Poetics, Architecture & Lexicography](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art) › [Poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara) › [General treatises on poetics](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya) › [Kavyalankara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha) › 2.27 # Kavyalankara 2.27 Kāvyālaṅkāra 2.27 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.2.27) mado janayati prītiṃ sānaṅgaṃ mānabhaṅguram sa priyāsaṃgamotkaṇṭhāṃ sāsahyāṃ manasaḥ śucam // > Intoxication produces delight; that \[delight produces\] love that shatters pride; / that \[love produces\] longing for union with the beloved; that \[longing produces\] unbearable grief of the mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.2.26) - [Next: 2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.2.28) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha~en-mt.2.27) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Vakroktijīvita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.dhvani.vakroktijivita.86.23) — Kuntaka, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.bhamaha.2.27) · Pramāṇa