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# Rasarnavasudhakara 3.10

Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.10)

atha bījaḥ-  
yat tu svalpam upakṣiptaṃ bahudhā vistṛtiṃ gatam | 9  
kāryasya kāraṇaṃ prājñais tad bījam iti kathyate |  
uptaṃ bījaṃ taror yadvad aṅkurādi-prabhedataḥ ||

> Now, the seed: / That which, introduced in a small measure, spreads out manifoldly, / being the cause of the denouement, is called the seed by the wise. / Just as a seed sown of a tree, through divisions like the sprout and so forth,  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.3.10) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (3)

- [Nāṭakacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.natakacandrika.1.81) — Rūpa Gosvāmin 1540, Sanskrit
- [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.5.9) — Sanskrit
- [Mandāramaranda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.mandaramaranda.11.1.2) — Śrīkṛṣṇa, Sanskrit

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