[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Arts, Poetics, Architecture & Lexicography](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art) › [Dramaturgy and Theory of Theatre](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya) › [Rasarnavasudhakara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara) › 1.55 # Rasarnavasudhakara 1.55 Rasārṇavasudhākara 1.55 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.55) nedānīntana-dīpikā kim u tamaḥ-saṅhātam unmūlayej jyotsnā kiṃ na cakora-pāraṇa-kṛte tat-kāla-saṃśobhinī | bālaḥ kiṃ kamalākarān dina-maṇir nollāsayed añjasā tat sampraty api mādṛśām api vacaḥ syād eva samprītaye || > Does a modern lamp not dispel a mass of darkness? / Does the moonlight not shine at that very moment to break the cakora bird's fast? / Does the morning sun not swiftly open the beds of lotuses? / Therefore, even in the present time, the speech of persons like me must surely bring delight. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.54) - [Next: 1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.56) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.1.55) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.1.55) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.55) · Pramāṇa