[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) › 2.16 # Rasarnavasudhakara 2.16 Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.16) 10 viṣādaḥ sa tridhā jyeṣṭha-madhyamādhama-saṃśrayāt | sahāyānveṣaṇopāya-cintādyā uttame matāḥ || > or from the realization of an offense, is despair (10). > It is threefold, depending on whether it resides in superior, middling, or inferior characters. > Searching for an ally, reflecting on expedients, and the like are considered \[its consequents\] in a superior \[character\] (11). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.15) - [Next: 2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.17) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.16) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [Bhāvaprakāśana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.bhavaprakasana.p83) — Śāradātanaya, Sanskrit - [Alaṅkāramahodadhi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.alankaramahodadhi.5.177) — Narendraprabha, Sanskrit - [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.4.9) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.16) · Pramāṇa