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# Rasarnavasudhakara 2.367

Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.367

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.367](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.367)

śravaṇena pūrvānurāgo, yathā-  
sādhu tvayā tarkitam etad eva  
svenānalaṃ yat kila saṃśrayiṣye |  
vināmunā svātmani tu prahartuṃ  
mṛṣā-giraṃ tvāṃ nṛpatau na kuryām ||

> First love through hearing, as in:  
> “You have conjectured quite correctly:  
> that I would indeed enter fire with my own \[body\].  
> Without him, however, to strike down myself,  
> I would not make your words false before the king.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.367.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.367.p1)

(naiṣadhīye 3.77)

> — (Naiṣadhīyacarita 3.77)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.367.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.367.p2)

atra haṃsa-mukhān nala-guṇa-śravaṇena damayantyāḥ pūrvānurāgaḥ |

> Here, Damayantī's first love arises from hearing the virtues of Nala from the mouth of the swan.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.367.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.367.p3)

pratyakṣa-citra-svapnādau darśanaṃ darśanaṃ matam ||367|| 175

> Sight is considered to be direct perception, in a painting, in a dream, and the like.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.367) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Camatkāracandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.camatkaracandrika.4.137) — Viśveśvara Kavicandra, Sanskrit

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