Rasarnavasudhakara 2.350.p2

2.350.p2

vyākṛtaṃ ca-atra mayāpakāraḥ kṛta iti yat te cetasi bhayaṃ tan mā bhūt | mama khaḍgaḥ parāṅmukheṣu na kadācid api parahartum utsahata iti sarvathaiva rūḍho' haṅkāraḥ pratīyate | so' yaṃ garva-prakṛtir uddhato nāma raso niṣpadyate iti |

And he commented: "Here, regarding the fear in your mind that 'I have committed an offense'—let there be no such fear. My sword never ventures to strike those whose backs are turned. In this way, egoism thoroughly established is perceived. This aesthetic sentiment called the arrogant, which has pride as its nature, is produced."