[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) › 3.13 # Rasarnavasudhakara 3.13 Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.13 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.13) 12 jala-bindur yathā siñcaṃs taru-mūlaṃ phalāya hi | tathaivāyam upakṣipto bindur ity abhidhīyate || > Just as a drop of water, sprinkling the root of a tree, leads indeed to fruit, / in exactly the same way, this \[element\], being introduced, is called the drop. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.13.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.13.p1) yathā tatraiva \[bāla-rāmāyaṇe\] tṛtīya-caturthāṅkayoḥ kalpite pratimukha-sandhau nikṣipto rāvaṇa-virodha-mūlaṃ sītā-parigraho bindur ucyate | > For example, in that very work \[the Bālarāmāyaṇa\], the acceptance of Sītā, which is the root of the hostility with Rāvaṇa, introduced in the progression juncture conceived in the third and fourth acts, is called the drop. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.3.13) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.5.12) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.13) · Pramāṇa