[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) › 3.115 # Rasarnavasudhakara 3.115 Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.115 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.115) atha adhibalam- budhair adhibalaṃ proktaṃ kapaṭenātivañcanam || > Now adhibala (outwitting): > Adhibala is declared by the wise to be extreme deception by means of deceit. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.115.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.115.p1) 56b ### [3.115.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.115.p2) yathā tatraiva \[bāla-rāmāyaṇe\] ṣaṣṭhāṅke \[6.5 padyāt pūrvam\] māyāmayaḥ-athaikadā dayita-sneha-mayyā kaikeyyā samam asurānīka-vijayāya pūrita-suhṛn-manorathe daśarathe tgirviṣṭapa-tilaka-bhūtaṃ puruhūtaṃ prabhāvavati samupasthitavati tad-rūpa-dhāriṇau kuvalayābhirāmaṃ rāmaṃ saparicchadaṃ chalayituṃ ayodhyāṃ śūrpaṇakhā ahaṃ ca prāptavantau | ity upakramya, > As in that very work \[Bālarāmāyaṇa\], in the sixth act \[before verse 6.5\], Māyāmaya: 'Then once, when Daśaratha, with Kaikeyī who is full of affection for her beloved, had approached the glorious Indra, the crest-jewel of the heavens, to fulfill the wish of his ally for victory over the army of the asuras, Śūrpaṇakhā and I, wearing their forms, reached Ayodhyā in order to deceive Rāma—who delights the blue lotus—along with his retinue.' Beginning with this, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.115.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.115.p3) mālyavān-kim asādhyaṃ vaidagdhyasya \[6.5 padyād anantaraṃ\] ity antena māyāmaya-śūrpaṇakhābhyāṃ kapaṭa-veṣa-dhāraṇena rāma-vāmadeva-vañcanād adhibalam | > and ending with Mālyavān's words: 'What is impossible for cleverness?' \[after verse 6.5\], this is adhibala, because of the deception of Rāma and Vāmadeva by Māyāmaya and Śūrpaṇakhā through assuming disguised forms. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.3.115) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Nāṭakacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.natakacandrika.1.351) — Rūpa Gosvāmin 1540, Sanskrit - [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.5.55) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.115) · Pramāṇa