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# Rasarnavasudhakara 2.165

Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.165

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.165](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.165)

vijñānād, yathā-  
asty adyāpi catuḥ-samudra-parikhā-paryantam urvī-talaṃ  
vartante' pi ca tatra tatra rasikā goṣṭhīṣu saktā nṛpāḥ |  
ekas tatra nirādaro bhavati ced anyo bhavet sādaro  
vāg-devī vadanāmbuje vasati cet ko nāma dīno janaḥ ||

> \[Contentment\] from specialized knowledge, as in:  
> Even today the surface of the earth extends to the trench of the four oceans; / and kings who are connoisseurs intent upon gatherings dwell here and there; / if one among them is disrespectful, another will be respectful; / if the goddess of speech dwells in the lotus of one's mouth, who indeed is a wretched person?  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.165) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.2.56.15) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit
- [Subhāṣitaratnākara (Kṛṣṇanātha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.subhasitaratnakara-krsna.68.9) — Kṛṣṇanātha, Sanskrit

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