Rasarnavasudhakara 1.488
Rasārṇavasudhākara 1.488
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1.488
veṣeṇa priyāparādha-nirbhedād, yathā-
ālepaḥ kriyatām ayaṃ druta-gati-svedair ivārdraṃ vapus
tan-mālyaṃ vyapanīyatāṃ ravi-kara-sparśair ivāmarditam |
ity uktāny atidhīrayā dayitayā smerānanāmbhoruhaṃ
cāṭūktāni bhavanti hanta kṛtināṃ modāya bhogād api ||
As for the disclosure of the beloved’s offense through appearance, for example: / “Let this ointment be applied, as if your body were damp with the perspiration of swift walking; / let that garland be removed, as if crushed by the touch of the sun's rays”— / such flattering words spoken by a very self-possessed beloved with a smiling lotus-face, / alas, bring fortunate men more pleasure than lovemaking itself!
1.488.p1
atra svedodgama-mālya-mlānatvayor druta-gamana-ravi-kara-sparśa-rūpa-kāraṇāsatyatva-kathana-rūpeṇa parihasanena sapatnī-sambhoga-rūpa-priyāparādha-nirbhedanān narma |
Here, through banter in the form of declaring false the purported causes—swift walking and the touch of the sun's rays—for the emergence of sweat and the fading of the garland, the beloved’s offense in the form of union with a rival wife is revealed; hence it is sport.
1.488.p2
ceṣṭayā priyāparādha-nirbhedād, yathā-
As for the disclosure of the beloved’s offense through gesture, for example:
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