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# Rasarnavasudhakara 1.483

Rasārṇavasudhākara 1.483

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.483](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.483)

vayaṃ tathā nāma yathāttha kiṃ vadāmy  
ayaṃ tv akasmād vikalaḥ kathāntare |  
kadamba-golākṛtim āśritaḥ kathaṃ  
viśuddha-mugdhaḥ kula-kanyakā-janaḥ ||

> “We are indeed as you say; what shall I say? / But why has this maiden of noble family, pure and artless, / suddenly become agitated in the middle of our talk / and assumed the shape of a kadamba flower-bud?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.483.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.483.p1)

(mālatī-mādhava 7.1)

> || (Mālatīmādhava 7.1)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.483.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.483.p2)

atra lavaṅgikayā viśuddha-mugdhaḥ kula-kanyakā-jana iti parihāsena madayantikānurāga-nivedanān narma |

> Here, by means of Lavaṅgikā's teasing words, “a maiden of noble family, pure and artless,” Madayantikā’s love is communicated; hence it is sport.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.1.483) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Śṛṅgāraprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.srngaraprakasa.7.p1.16) — Bhoja, Sanskrit

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