[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Arts, Poetics, Architecture & Lexicography](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art) › [Dramaturgy and Theory of Theatre](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya) › [Rasarnavasudhakara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara) › 2.458 # Rasarnavasudhakara 2.458 Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.458 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.458](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.458) strī-sādhvasāt saṅkṣipto, yathā- cumbaneṣv adhara-dāna-varjitaṃ sanna-hasta-madayopagūhane | kliṣṭa-manmatham api priyaṃ prabhor durlabha-pratikṛtaṃ vadhūratam || > The contracted arising from a woman's apprehension, as: > "In kisses withholding the offering of the lower lip, / in embraces limp with languid hands, / though Kāma was impeded, the bride's love-making, / whose counter-actions were hard to win, was dear to the Lord." (Kumārasambhava 8.8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.458.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.458.p1) (ku.saṃ. 8.8) > (Kumārasambhava 8.8) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.458) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.458](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.458) · Pramāṇa