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# Rasarnavasudhakara 1.495

Rasārṇavasudhākara 1.495

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.495](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.495)

mukhyaṃ bhaya-hāsyajaṃ, yathā-  
kṣetrādhīśa-śunā navena vikṛtākāraika-vidveṣiṇā  
ghorārāvam abhidrutasya vikaṭaiḥ paścāt padair gacchataḥ |  
pā pā pāhi phahīti satvarataraṃ vyastākṣaraṃ jalpato  
dṛṣṭvā bhṛṅgiriṭer daśāṃ paśupatiḥ smerānanaḥ pātu vaḥ ||

> Primary fear-induced laughter, for example: / Pursued with dreadful howls by the temple dog, recently arrived, which detests any deformed appearance, / retreating backwards with clumsy strides, / stammering hurriedly in confused syllables: “S-s-save, p-protect!”— / seeing Bhṛṅgiriṭi in this state, may the smiling-faced Paśupati protect you!  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.495.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.495.p1)

atra bhṛṅgiriṭer vikṛtākāreṇa vikaṭa-paścād-gamanena pāhi pāhi pāhīty atra varṇa-vyatyāsa-bhāṣaṇena janitasya paśupati-hāsasyānya-rasānaṅgatayā mukhyaṃ bhaya-hāsyajam |

> Here, because the laughter of Paśupati—caused by Bhṛṅgiriṭi's deformed appearance, his clumsy backward walking, and his uttering letters topsy-turvy as in 'Save me, save me, save me!'—is not subordinate to any other aesthetic sentiment, it is the primary \[variety\] arising from fear and laughter.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.495.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.495.p2)

vācā anya-rasāṅgaṃ bhaya-hāsyajaṃ, yathā ratnāvalyām-

> Subordinate to another aesthetic sentiment by speech arising from fear and laughter, as in the Ratnāvalī:  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.495.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.495.p3)

vidūṣakaḥ-kahaṃṇa kido pasādo devīe ja ajjaṃ biakkhada-sarīrā ciṭṭhahma | (kathaṃ na kṛtaḥ prasādo devyā yad adyāpy akṣata-śarīrās tiṣṭhāmaḥ |)

> Vidūṣaka: 'How has the Queen not been gracious, seeing that we are standing here today with our bodies still unbroken?'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.1.495) — English, machine translation

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