[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) › [Kavyadarsha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa) › 2.320 # Kavyadarsha 2.320 Kāvyādarśa 2.320 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.320](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.320) padmānām eva daṇḍeṣu kaṇṭakas tvayi rakṣati & athavā dṛśyate rāgimithunāliṅganeṣv api // > While you protect, a thorn \[scoundrel\] is seen only on the stalks of lotuses, / or else \[as goosebumps\] in the embraces of passionate lovers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.319](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.319) - [Next: 2.321](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.321) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa~en-mt.2.320) — English, machine translation ## Other recensions (1) - [Text of S. K. Belvalkar (1924), partial](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa*belvalkar.2.320) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.320](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyadarsa.2.320) · Pramāṇa