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# Kavyadarsha 2.26

Kāvyādarśa 2.26

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.26)

kiṃ padmam antarbhrāntāli kiṃ te lolekṣaṇaṃ mukham &  
mama dolāyate cittam itīyaṃ saṃśayopamā //

> "Is this a lotus with bees wandering inside, or your face with restless eyes?  
> My mind sways to and fro": this is the doubtful simile.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa~en-mt.2.26) — English, machine translation

## Commentaries (2)

- [Ratnaśrī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa!ratnasrijnana.2.11.13.1) — Ratnaśrījñāna, Sanskrit
- [Hṛdayaṅgamā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa!hrdayangama) — Sanskrit

## Other recensions (1)

- [Text of S. K. Belvalkar (1924), partial](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa*belvalkar.2.26) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kāvyādarśa (Daṇḍin of Kāñcī)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa-dandin-of-kanci.2.26) — Daṇḍin of Kāñcī, Sanskrit
- [Kāvyalakṣaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyalaksana.2.26) — Sanskrit

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