[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) › 2.224 # Rasarnavasudhakara 2.224 Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.224 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.224](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.224) yathā- kas tvaṃ bhoḥ, kathayāmi daiva-hatakaṃ māṃ viddhi śākhoṭakaṃ vairāgyād iva vakṣi, sādhu viditaṃ, kasmād idaṃ, kathyate | vāmenātra vaṭas tam adhvaga-janaḥ sarvātmanā sevate na cchāyāpi paropakāra-karaṇe mārga-sthitasyāpi me || > As in: / 'Who are you, sir?' 'I will tell: know me to be an ill-fated śākhoṭaka tree.' / 'You speak as if from world-weariness.' 'You have understood well.' 'Why is this?' 'It is told: / On the left here stands a banyan tree, whom travelers serve with all their heart; / but to me, though standing by the road, not even my shade serves to do good to others.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.224.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.224.p1) atra vṛkṣa-viśeṣatvād acetane śākhoṭake citta-vikārasyāsambhavānucito nirvedo' yam ābhāsatvam āpadyate | > Here, because it is a particular kind of tree, mental transformation is impossible in an inanimate śākhoṭaka; therefore this improper despondency becomes a semblance. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.224) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Ekāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.yasobhusana.ekavali.2.p371) — Vidyādhara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.224](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.224) · Pramāṇa