Rasarnavasudhakara 2.527
Rasārṇavasudhākara 2.527
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2.527
ramyaṃ gāyati menakā kṛta-rucir vīṇā-svanair urvaśī
citraṃ vakti tilottamā paricayaṃ nānāṅga-hāra-krame |
āsāṃ rūpam idaṃ tad uttamam iti premānavasthā dviṣā
bheje śrī-yanapota-siṃha-nṛpate tvat-khaḍga-bhinnātmanā ||
"Menakā sings delightfully; Urvaśī has made herself radiant with the sounds of the lute; / Tilottamā speaks wonderfully; she shows familiarity with the sequences of various dances; / this beauty of theirs is excellent!"—such instability of love was resorted to by the enemy / whose body was split by your sword, O illustrious King Anapota Siṃha!
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atra nāyaka-khaḍga-dhārā-galitātmanaḥ kasyacit svarga-pratināyaka-vīrasya menakādi-svarloka-gaṇikāsu avaiṣamyeṇa rāgād ābhāsatvam |
Here, in the case of a certain heroic enemy who has perished beneath the edge of the hero's sword, there is a semblance [of sentiment] because of his love towards the celestial courtesans such as Menakā without distinction.
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nanv evaṃ dakṣiṇādīnām api rāgasyābhāsatvam iti cet, na | dakṣiṇasya nāyakasya nāyikāsu anekāsu vṛtti-mātreṇaiva sādhāraṇyam | na rāgeṇa | tad ekasyām eva rāgasya prauḍhatvam | itarāsu tu madhyamatvaṃ mandatvaṃ ceti tad-anurāgasya nābhāsatā | atra tu avaiṣamyeṇa anekatra pravṛtter ābhāsatvam upapadyate |
[Objection:] If this is so, does not the love of the clever hero and others also become a semblance? We reply: No. In the case of the clever hero, his generality is merely by behaviour towards many heroines, not by love. For his love reaches maturity in only one [heroine], whereas towards the others it is moderate or slight; thus his affection is not a semblance. Here, however, because it proceeds towards multiple [women] without distinction, its status as a semblance is established.
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