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# Rasarnavasudhakara 3.22

Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.22

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.22)

yathā uttara-rāma-carite (1.38)-  
iyaṃ gehe lakṣmīr iyam amṛta-vartir nayanayor  
asāv asyāḥ sparśo vapuṣi bahalaś candana-rasaḥ |  
ayaṃ kaṇṭhe bāhuḥ śiśira-masṛṇo mauktika-saraḥ  
kim asyā na preyo yadi param asahyas tu virahaḥ ||

> As in the Uttararāmacarita (1.38):  
> "She is the goddess of fortune in the house, she is a pencil of ambrosia for the eyes, / this touch of hers on the body is thick sandalwood paste; / this arm around the neck is a cool, soft pearl necklace— / what of hers is not dearest, if only separation were not intolerable?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.22.p1)

(praviśya) pratīhārī-deva upasthitaḥ |

> (Entering) Portress: "Your Majesty, he has arrived."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.22.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.22.p2)

rāmaḥ-aye kaḥ ? ity atra bhaviṣyataḥ sītā-virahasya sūcanād idaṃ śliṣṭaṃ nāma dvitīyaṃ patākā-sthānakam |

> Rāma: "Ah, who?" Here, because it indicates the future separation from Sītā, this is the second dramatic indicator, named ambiguous (śliṣṭa).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.3.22) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Śṛṅgāraprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.srngaraprakasa.8.p1.19) — Bhoja, Sanskrit

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