[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) › 2.49 # Rasarnavasudhakara 2.49 Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.49 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.49) adhamasya mada-vṛddhir, yathā- taha taha gāmīṇa-ghariṇī mada-vivasā kiṃpi kiṃpi bāharai | jaha jaha kula-bahuāo soūṇa sarandi pihia kaṇṇāo || > The increase of intoxication in an inferior character, as in: > “Just as the rustic housewife, / helpless with intoxication, babbles all sorts of things, / so the ladies of noble families, / hearing it, slip away covering their ears.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [2.49.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.49.p1) (tathā tathā grāmīṇa-gṛhiṇī mada-vivaśā kim api kim api vyāharati | yathā yathā kula-vadhvaḥ śrutvā saranti pihita-karṇāḥ ||) > (Sanskrit: Just as the rustic housewife, / helpless with intoxication, babbles all sorts of things, / so the ladies of noble families, / hearing it, slip away covering their ears.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.2.49) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.2.49) · Pramāṇa