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# Rasarnavasudhakara 2.448

Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.448

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.448](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.448)

atha karuṇa-vipralambhaḥ-  
dvayor ekasya maraṇe punar ujjīvanāvadhau | 220  
virahaḥ karuṇo' nyasya saṅgamāśānuvartanāt ||

> Now, pathetic love-in-separation: / When one of the two dies, so long as there is an ultimate limit of revival, (220) / the separation of the other is ‘pathetic,’ because the hope of union continues.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.448.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.448.p1)

karuṇa-bhrama-kāritvāt so' yaṃ karuṇa ucyate | 221

> It is called ‘pathetic’ because it produces the illusion of the pathetic sentiment. (221ab)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.448) — English, machine translation

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