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# Rasarnavasudhakara 2.369

Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.369

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.369](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.369)

citra-darśanena, yathā-  
līlāvadhūta-kamalā kalayantī pakṣapātam adhikaṃ naḥ |  
mānasam upaiti keyaṃ citra-gatā rājahaṃsīva ||

> Through seeing a painting, as in:  
> “Shaking a lotus in sport, showing great partiality toward us,  
> who is this woman in the picture, entering our mind like a royal swan \[entering Lake Mānasa\]?”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.369.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.369.p1)

(ratnāvalī 2.8)

> — (Ratnāvalī 2.8)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.369.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.369.p2)

atra citragata-ratnāvalī-darśanād vatsa-rājasya pūrvānurāgaḥ |

> Here, the first love of the king of Vatsa arises from seeing Ratnāvalī depicted in a painting.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.369) — English, machine translation

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