Rasarnavasudhakara 3.196

3.196

atha gotra-skhalitam-
tad gotra-skhalitaṃ yat tu nāma-vyatyaya-bhāṣaṇam ||

Now, slip of the tongue (gotraskhalita): / A slip of the tongue is the uttering of a wrong name.

3.196.p1

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3.196.p2

yathā vikramorvaśīye [tṛtīyāṅke ādau] (tataḥ praviśato bharata-śiṣyau) prathamaḥ-aye sadoṣāvakāśa iva te vākya-śeṣaḥ |

As in the Vikramorvaśīya [at the beginning of Act 3], (Then enter two pupils of Bharata) First pupil: "Ah, what remains of your speech seems to leave room for a fault."

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dvitīyaḥ-ām | tarhi ubbasīe baaṇaṃ pamāda-kkhalidaṃ āsi | [āṃ, tatra urvasyā vacanaṃ pramāda-skhalitam āsīt |]

Second pupil: "Yes. On that occasion, Urvaśī's speech suffered a lapse due to distraction."

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prathamaḥ-katham iva ?

First pupil: "How so?"

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dvitīyaḥ-lacchī-bhūmiāe baṭṭamāṇā ubbasī vāruṇī-bhūmiāe baṭṭamāṇāe meṇaāe pucchidā | sahi samāadā ede tellokka-purisā sakesavā loa-bālā | kadamassiṃ de bhāvāhiṇibesotti [lakṣmī-bhūmikāyāṃ vartamānā urvaśī vāruṇī-bhūmikāyāṃ vartamānayā menakayā pṛṣṭā | sakhi samāgatā ete trailokya-puruṣāḥ sa-keśavā loka-pālāḥ | katamasmiiṃs te bhāvābhinibeśaḥ ? iti |]

Second pupil: "While playing the role of Lakṣmī, Urvaśī was asked by Menakā, who was playing the role of Vāruṇī: 'Friend, these lords of the three worlds have assembled together with Keśava and the world-protectors. Upon which one is your heart set?'"

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prathamaḥ--tatas tataḥ ?

First pupil: "And then?"

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dvitīyaḥ-tado tāe purisottame tti bhaṇidabbe purūravasi tti ṇiggadā bāṇī | [tatas tasyāḥ puruṣottama iti bhaṇitavye purūravasīti nirgatā bāṇī |] ity atra nāma-vyatikramaḥ sphuṭa eva |

Second pupil: "Then, when she ought to have said 'upon Puruṣottama', the word 'upon Purūravas' came out." Here, the confusion of names is quite clear.