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# Rasarnavasudhakara 2.291

Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.291

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.291](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.291)

tava prasādāt kusumāyudho' pi  
sahāyam ekaṃ madhum eva labdhvā |  
kuryāṃ harasyāpi pināka-pāṇer  
dhairya-cyutiṃ ke mama dhanvino' nye ||

> "By your grace, though armed only with flowers,  
> having gained Spring alone as my ally,  
> I could cause even Hara, with the Pināka bow in his hand, to fall from firmness—  
> what are other archers to me?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.291.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.291.p1)

(ku.saṃ. 3.10)

> || (Kumārasambhava 3.10)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.291.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.291.p2)

atra svabhāva-śakti-rahitasya manmathasya indra-protsāhana-janitena dhairyeṇa vasanta-sahāyena cāhṛtotsāho dhairya-cyuti-cikīrṣā-kathanād abhivyajyate |

> Here, in the case of Manmatha, who is devoid of innate strength, energy acquired through firmness produced by Indra's encouragement and through the ally Spring is manifested by his stating his desire to shake \[Hara's\] firmness.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.291) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Alaṅkārakaustubha (Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.alamkara.alankarakaustubha.3.p335) — Viśveśvarabhaṭṭa 1700, Sanskrit

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