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# Rasarnavasudhakara 2.412

Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.412

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.412](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.412)

ko doṣo maṇi-mālikā yadi bhavet kaṇṭhe na kiṃ śaṅkaro  
dhatte bhūṣaṇam ardha-candram amalaṃ candre na kiṃ kālimā |  
tat sādhv eva kṛtaṃ kṛtaṃ bhaṇitibhir naivāparāddhaṃ tvayā  
bhāgyaṃ draṣṭum anīśayaiva bhavataḥ kāntāparāddhaṃ mayā ||

> "What fault is it if there is a pearl necklace on your neck? Does Śaṅkara not  
> wear the crescent moon, spotless, as an ornament? And is there not blackness on the moon?  
> Therefore, you did very well indeed! Enough with words, you committed no offense at all;  
> unable to endure looking upon your good fortune, my beloved, it is I who have offended!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.412.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.412.p1)

\[\*15\]  
\[\*15\] This verse appeared previously in 1.125.

> || \[15\]  
> \[This verse appeared previously in 1.125.\]  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.412.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.412.p2)

atra maṇi-mālikādi-lakṣaṇa-madana-mudrānumiti-priyāparādha-janiterṣyā-sambhūto mānaḥ tat sādhv eva kṛtam ity ādibhir viparīta-lakṣaṇoktibhir vyajyate |

> Here, pique arising from the jealousy produced by the inference of the beloved's transgression—characterized by the love-token of the pearl necklace and the like—is manifested through ironic statements such as, "Therefore, you did very well indeed!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.412) — English, machine translation

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