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# Rasarnavasudhakara 2.138

Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.138

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.138)

nava-saṅgamena, yathā-  
paṭā-lagne patyau namayati mukhaṃ jāta-vinayā  
haṭhāśleṣaṃ vāñchaty apaharati gātrāṇi nibhṛtam |  
na śaknoty ākhyātuṃ smita-mukha-sakhī-datta-nayanā  
hriyā tāmyaty antaḥ prathama-parihāse nava-vadhūḥ ||

> From a new union, as \[in this verse\]:  
> When her husband catches her garment, having acquired modesty, she lowers her face;  
> when he desires a forced embrace, she quietly withdraws her limbs;  
> fixing her eyes on her smiling-faced friend, she cannot speak;  
> at the first jest, the young bride languishes within through bashfulness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.138.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.138.p1)

(amaru. 37)

> (Amaruśataka 37)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.138) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.52.9) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit
- [Indische Sprüche](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.indische-spruche.3869) — Otto von Böhtlingk 1863, Sanskrit

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