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# Rasarnavasudhakara 2.288

Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.288

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.288](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.288)

sa eva dhairyeṇa, yathā-  
śaktyā vakṣasi magnayā saha mayā mūḍhe plavaṅgādhipe  
nidrāṇeṣu ca vidravatsu kapiṣu prāptāvakāśe dviṣi |  
mā bhaiṣteti nirundhataḥ kapi-bhaṭānasyorjitātma-sthiteḥ  
saumitrer adhiyuddha-bhūmi gaditā vācas tvayā na śrutāḥ ||

> The same through firmness, as in:  
> "When the king of monkeys was bewildered by the spear that sank into his chest, and with him myself too,  
> and when the monkeys were asleep or running away, and the enemy found an opening—  
> did you not hear the words uttered on the field of battle by the son of Sumitrā of mighty stature,  
> who held back the monkey warriors, saying: 'Do not fear!'?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.288.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.288.p1)

atra rāvaṇa-śakti-prahāreṇa kṣīṇa-śakter api lakṣmaṇasya dhairya-janitotsāhaḥ kapi-bhaṭāśvāsanādibhir vyajyate |

> Here, although Lakṣmaṇa's physical strength was depleted by the strike of Rāvaṇa's spear, his energy born of firmness is manifested through comforting the monkey warriors and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.288) — English, machine translation

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