Rasarnavasudhakara 2.529.p4

2.529.p4

nanu tiryaṅ-mleccha-gatayor ābhāsatvaṃ na yujyate | tayor vibhāvādi-sambhavāt | āsvāda-yogyatā-pratīter iti cet, na | bho mleccha-rasa-vādin ! uktalādhipateḥ śṛṅgāra-rasābhimānino narasiṃhadevasya cittam anuvartamānena vidyādhareṇa kavinā bāḍham abhyantarī-kṛto' si | evaṃ khalu samarthitam ekāvalyām anena-

[Objection:] Surely it is not proper that [love] residing in animals and barbarians is a semblance, since determinants and other factors are possible in them, and because one perceives their suitability for being savoured. If this is urged, we say: No. O advocate of barbarian rasa! You have thoroughly bought into [the views of] the poet Vidyādhara, who conformed to the mind of King Narasiṃhadeva, the ruler of Utkala, who prided himself on the erotic sentiment. For thus it was indeed maintained by him in the Ekāvalī: