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# Rasarnavasudhakara 2.20

Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.20

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.20)

vipattitaḥ, yathā-  
hā hā dhik para-gṛha-vāsa-dūṣaṇaṃ yad  
vaidehyāḥ praśamitam adbhutair upāyaiḥ |  
etat tat punar api daiva-durvipākād  
ālarkaṃ viṣam iva sarvataḥ prasṛptam ||

> From calamity, as in:  
> "Alas, alas, fie! That reproach of living in another's house  
> which attached to Vaidehī and was silenced by wondrous expedients—  
> that very same \[reproach\], once again through the evil ripening of fate,  
> has spread on every side like the poison of a rabid dog!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.20.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.20.p1)

(u.rā.ca. 1.40)

> (Uttararāmacarita 1.40)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.20.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.20.p2)

atra sītāpavāda-rūpāyā vipatter hā hā dhig iti vāg-ārambheṇa rāmasya viṣādo gamyate |

> Here, Rāma's despair is understood through the opening words "Alas, alas, fie!" arising from the calamity that takes the form of slander against Sītā.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.20) — English, machine translation

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