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# Rasarnavasudhakara 2.236

Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.236

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.236](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.236)

yathā-  
ko vā jeṣyati soma-vaṃśa-tilakān asmān raṇa-prāṅgaṇe  
hantāsmāsu parāṅmukho hata-vidhiḥ kiṃ durgam adhyāsmahe |  
asmat-pūrva-nṛpān asau nihatavān dīrghān dhig asmad-bhujān  
kiṃ vākyair anapota-siṃha-nṛpateḥ sevaiva kṛtyaṃ param ||

> As in: / 'Who will conquer us, the ornaments of the Lunar dynasty, on the battlefield? / Alas, cursed fate has turned away from us! Shall we occupy a fort? / He has slain our ancestral kings—fie upon our long arms! / What use are words? Service to King Anapota is our supreme duty.'  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.236.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.236.p1)

atra garva-viṣādāsūyā-cintā-smṛty-amarṣa-nirveda-matīnāṃ saṃmardo bhāva-śāvalyam ity ucyate |

> Here, the mingling of pride, despair, indignation, anxious reflection, recollection, resentment, despondency, and resolve is called admixture of emotions.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.236) — English, machine translation

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