Rasarnavasudhakara 3.123
Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.123
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3.123
atha apavādaḥ-
tatrāpavādo doṣāṇāṃ prakhyāpanam itīryate ||
Now, apavāda (censure)—
Among them, apavāda is declared to be the proclamation of faults.
3.123.p1
yathā tatraiva [bāla-rāmāyaṇe] aṣṭamāṅke vīra-vilāsa-nāmani [ādau] (tataḥ praviśato rākṣasau) ekaḥ-sakhe durmukha kim api mahān sattva-bhraṃśo daśakaṇṭhasya yat kumāra-siṃhanāda-vadham apy ākarṇya na śokaṃ kṛto nāpy amarṣaḥ | ity upakramya,
As right there [in the Bālarāmāyaṇa], in the eighth act named Vīravilāsa [at the beginning] (Then enter two demons) One: “Friend Durmukha, how extraordinary is the collapse of fortitude in the Ten-necked one, who, even upon hearing of the slaying of Prince Siṃhanāda, showed neither grief nor anger!”, beginning with this,
3.123.p2
trijaṭā-kahaṃ deveṇa diṇṇo lajjā-deīe jalāṃjalī | [kathaṃ devena datto lajjā-devyai jalāñjaliḥ |] [8.10 padyād anantaram] ity antena rāvaṇa-gata-durbuddhi-doṣa-prakhyāpanād apavādaḥ |
ending with Trijaṭā's words: “How has His Majesty offered the handful of water to the goddess of shame?” [after verse 8.10], because of the proclamation of the fault of perverse intellect abiding in Rāvaṇa, it constitutes apavāda.
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- English (machine translation) — English, machine translation
Linked texts (2)
- Mandāramarandacampū — Kṛṣṇanātha 1600, Sanskrit
- Bālarāmāyaṇa — Rājaśekhara, Sanskrit