Rasarnavasudhakara 2.359.p3

2.359.p3

nanu, mālāvikādi-vibhāva-viśeṣasyānaucityāt (sva-vi-)bhāvasyāsaṃnihitatvāt (sannihitatve' pi sākṣād-dṛṣṭa-nāyakavad aślīlatā-pratīteḥ) ca sāmājikānām api naṭavad eva rasān āśrayatvaṃ prasajyate iti cet, atra kecana samādadhate-

If it be objected: “Since a specific determinant such as Mālavikā is improper, and one's own determinant is not present (and even if present, it would be perceived as vulgar, like a directly seen hero), the status of being a substratum of aesthetic sentiments would be precluded for the spectators just as for the actor”—here some scholars give this answer: