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# Rasarnavasudhakara 2.488

Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.488

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [2.488](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.488)

yathā-  
ārtaṃ kaṇṭha-gata-prāṇaṃ parityaktaṃ sva-bāndhavaiḥ |  
trāye nainaṃ yadi tataḥ kaḥ śarīreṇa me guṇaḥ ||

> For example:  
> "If I do not protect this distressed one, whose breath has reached his throat,  
> abandoned by his own relatives,  
> then what use is my body to me?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [2.488.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.488.p1)

(nāgānanda 4.11)

> (Nāgānanda 4.11)  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.488) — English, machine translation

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