[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) › 2.19 # Rasarnavasudhakara 2.19 Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.19 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.19) tatra iṣṭānavāpter, yathā- sañcāriṇī dīpa-śikheva rātrau yaṃ yaṃ vyatīyāya patiṃvarā sā | narendram ārgāṭṭa iva prapede vivarṇa-bhāvaṃ sa sa bhūmi-pālaḥ || > Among these, \[despair\] from non-attainment of the desired object is as in: > "Whichever king that maiden choosing her husband passed by, > like a moving flame of a lamp in the night, > that very ruler of the earth fell into paleness, > like a highway tower \[left in darkness\]." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.19.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.19.p1) (ra.vaṃ. 6.67) > (Raghuvaṃśa 6.67) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.19.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.19.p2) atrendumatīm ākāṅkṣatāṃ bhūmipatīnāṃ tad-anavāptyā mukha-vaivarṇyena viṣādo vyajyate | > Here, the despair of the kings who longed for Indumatī is expressed through the pallor of their faces, due to failing to obtain her. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.19) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.19) · Pramāṇa