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# Rasarnavasudhakara 2.436

Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.436

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.436](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.436)

yathā-  
līlā-tāmarasāhato' nya-vanitā-niḥśaṅka-daṣṭādharaḥ  
kaścit kesara-dūṣitekṣaṇa iva vyāmīlya netre sthitaḥ |  
mugdhā kuḍmalitānanena dadatī vāyuṃ sthitā tasya sā  
bhrāntyā dhūrtatayātha sā natim ṛte tenāniśaṃ cumbitā ||

> For instance: / “Struck playfully with a toy lotus, his lower lip having been bitten without hesitation by another woman, / a certain lover remained closing his eyes as if their vision was impaired by pollen. / The artless woman stood blowing upon them with budding mouth; / then, through that confusion and by his cunning, she was continuously kissed by him without any prostration.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.436.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.436.p1)

(amaru 72)

> || (Amaruśataka 72)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.436.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.436.p2)

atra mānāpanodanasya priya-trāsasya netra-vyāvṛtti-naṭana-lakṣaṇatayā nāyakasya pratyutpanna-matyā kalpitatvād buddhi-pūrvakatvam |

> Here, because the beloved's fright dispelling wounded pride is contrived by the hero's quick wit through the semblance of rolling back the eyes, it is deliberate.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.436) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kāvyaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyaprakasa.2.561) — Mammaṭa & Alaṭa, Sanskrit
- [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.4.213) — Sanskrit

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