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# Rasarnavasudhakara 1.71

Rasārṇavasudhākara 1.71

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [1.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.71)

yathā-  
vāladhiṃ trātum āvṛtya camareṇārpite gale |  
patantam iṣum anyena sa kṛpālur akhaṇḍayat ||

> As \[in the following verse\]: / When a yak turned around to protect its tail and exposed its neck, / that compassionate \[king\] split the falling arrow / with another \[arrow\].  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [1.71.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.1.71.p1)

\[\*1\]  
\[\*1\] Some MSS. have the following example: sa dakṣiṇaṃ tūṇa-mukhena vāmaṃ | vyāpārayan hastam alakṣyatājau | ākarṇa-kṛṣṭā sakṛd asya yoddhum | aurvīva bāṇān suṣuve ripu-ghnān ||(ra.vaṃ. 7.57)

> || \[\*1\] / \[\*1\] Some MSS. have the following example: / In battle, his right hand moving to the mouth of the quiver / and his left \[drawing the bow\] could not be seen; / pulled to the ear once, his bowstring seemed to give birth / to foe-slaying arrows for fighting. || (Raghuvaṃśa 7.57)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.1.71) — English, machine translation

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