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# Rasarnavasudhakara 2.223

Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.223

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.223](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.223)

ābhāsatā bhaved eṣām anaucitya-pravartitām |  
asatyatvād ayogyatvād anaucityaṃ dvidhā bhavet | 100  
asatyatva-kṛtaṃ tat syād acetana-gataṃ tu yat ||

> The semblance \[of these emotions\] arises when they are set in motion through impropriety. / Impropriety is twofold: from unreality and from unsuitability.  
> That caused by unreality belongs to inanimate objects.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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