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# Rasarnavasudhakara 2.29

Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.29

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.29)

jarayā, yathā-  
vivṛddhiṃ kampasya prathayatitarāṃ sādhvasa-vaśād  
avispaṣṭāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ tirayatitarāṃ bāṣpa-salilaiḥ |  
skhalad-varṇāṃ vāṇīṃ janayatitarāṃ gadgadatayā  
jarāyāḥ sāhāyyaṃ mama hi paritoṣo' dya kurute ||

> From old age, as in:  
> "It greatly increases my tremor through fear;  
> it greatly dims my indistinct sight with streams of tears;  
> it greatly produces speech of faltering syllables through choked utterance—  
> today my joy indeed aids old age!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.29.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.29.p1)

(ratnāvalī 4.13)

> (Ratnāvalī 4.13)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.29.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.29.p2)

atra harṣasya jarā-sahakāritva-kathanād ubhayānubhāvair api kampādibhir jarā-glāner eva prādhānyaṃ gamyate |

> Here, since joy is spoken of as a companion to old age, the predominance of exhaustion through old age itself is understood, even through the consequents common to both, such as trembling.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.29) — English, machine translation

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