Rasarnavasudhakara 1.491
Rasārṇavasudhākara 1.491
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1.491
tatra vācā śuddha-hāsyajaṃ, yathā-
arciṣmanti vidārya vaktra-kuharāṇyā sṛkkato vāsukes
tarjanyā viṣa-karburān gaṇayataḥ saṃspṛśya dantāṅkurān |
ekaṃ trīṇi navāṣṭa sapta ṣaḍ iti vyastāsta-saṃkhyā-kramā
vācaḥ śakti-dharasya śaiśava-kalāḥ kurvantu vo maṅgalam ||
Among these, that which arises from pure laughter through speech, for example: / Tearing open the radiant cavity of Vāsuki’s mouth all the way to the corner of his lips, / touching his poison-spotted tooth-sprouts with his forefinger and counting them— / “One, three, nine, eight, seven, six”—may the childhood prattle of the spear-bearing [Skanda], / with its disrupted numerical order, bring you good fortune!
1.491.p1
(daśarūpāvaloke' py uddhṛtam idam | bāṇasyeti sūkti-muktāvalau)
(This is also quoted in the Daśarūpāvaloka; in the Sūktimuktāvalī it is attributed to Bāṇa.)
1.491.p2
veṣeṇa śuddha-hāsyajaṃ, yathā-
That which arises from pure laughter through appearance, for example:
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- Subhāṣitaratnakoṣa — Vidyākara, Sanskrit