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# Rasarnavasudhakara 2.248

Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.248

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.248](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.248)

viṣayāḥ śabdādayaḥ | tatra śabdena, yathā mamaiva-  
sakhi me niyati-hatāyās  
tad-darśanam astu vā mā vā |  
punar api sa veṇu-nādo  
yadi karṇa-pathe patet tad evālam ||

> Sense-objects are sound and the rest. Among them, by sound, as in my own \[verse\]:  
> Confidante, for me, crushed by fate,  
> let there be sight of him or not;  
> if only that sound of his flute  
> should once again reach the path of my ears, that alone would suffice.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.248.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.248.p1)

atra prāg-adṛṣṭe' pi kṛṣṇe veṇu-nādena kāmavallyā ratiḥ |

> Here, Kāmavallī's love for Kṛṣṇa, even though he has not been seen before, is caused by the sound of his flute.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.248) — English, machine translation

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