Rasarnavasudhakara 3.104

3.104

atha rūpam-
rūpaṃ sandeha-kṛd vacaḥ ||

Now, the form (rūpa):
Form (rūpa) is speech that produces doubt.

3.104.p1

53b

3.104.p2

yathā tatraiva [bāla-rāmāyaṇe] ṣaṣṭhāṅke kaikeyī (sodvegam)-paṇamāmi bhaavadiṃ saraūṃ jā pubbaṃ dīsamāṇā ṇayaṇa-pīūsa-gaṇḍūsa-kabalaṃ kareṃti asi | sā saṃpadaṃ hālāhala-kabaḍa-paḍirūbā paḍihāadi | kiṃ puṇa me aojjhā-daṃsaṇe bi akāraṇa-pajjāulaṃ hiaaṃ | [praṇamāmi bhagavatīṃ sarayūṃ yā pūrvaṃ dṛśyamānā nayaṇa-pīyūṣa-gaṇḍūṣa-kavalaṃ kurvatī āsīt, sā samprataṃ hālāhala-kavala-pratirūpā pratibhāti | kiṃ punar me ayodhyā-darśane' pi akāraṇa-paryākulaṃ hṛdayam |]

As in the very same work, in the sixth act, Kaikeyī says (with agitation): "I bow to the divine Sarayū, which previously when seen made a mouthful of the nectar of my eyes; now she appears in the likeness of a mouthful of hālāhala poison. Why then does my heart become perturbed without cause even at the sight of Ayodhyā?" [I bow to the divine Sarayū, which previously when seen made a mouthful of the nectar of my eyes; now she appears in the likeness of a mouthful of hālāhala poison. Why then does my heart become perturbed without cause even at the sight of Ayodhyā?]

3.104.p3

ity upakramya, daśarathaḥ (akarṇitakena)-

— beginning with this, Daśaratha says (feigning not to hear):