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# Rasarnavasudhakara 1.149

Rasārṇavasudhākara 1.149

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.149)

yathā-  
kiṃ tādeṇa ṇarinda-sehara-sihālīḍhaggapādeṇa me  
kiṃ vā me sasureṇa vāsava-mahā-siṃhāsaṇaddhāsiṇā |  
te desā giriṇo a de vaṇamahī saccea me vallahā  
kosallātaṇaassa jattha calaṇe vandāmi ṇandāmi a ||

> As in: / "What need have I of a father whose toes were touched by the crowns of lords of kings? / Or what need have I of a father-in-law who shared Indra's great throne? / Dear to me are those lands, those mountains, and that forest-earth / where I revere and rejoice at the feet of the son of Kausalyā."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.149.p1)

(bāla-rāmāyaṇa 6.79)

> (Bālarāmāyaṇa 6.79)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.149.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.149.p2)

\[kiṃ tātena narendra-śekhara-śikhālīḍhāgra-pādena me  
kiṃ vā me śvaśureṇa vāsava-mahā-siṃhāsanādhyāsinā |  
te deśā girayaś ca te vana-mahī sā caiva me vallabhāḥ  
kausalyā-tanayasya yatra caraṇau vande ca nandāmi ca ||\]

> \["What need have I of a father whose toes were touched by the crowns of lords of kings? / Or what need have I of a father-in-law who shared Indra's great throne? / Dear to me are those lands, those mountains, and that forest-earth / where I revere and rejoice at the feet of the son of Kausalyā."\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.1.149) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.1.96) — Sanskrit

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