[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) › 3.233 # Rasarnavasudhakara 3.233 Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.233 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.233](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.233) atha akṣara-saṅghātaḥ- vākyam akṣara-saṅghāto bhinnārthaṃ śliṣṭa-varṇakam || > Now, combination of syllables (akṣarasaṅghāta): > Combination of syllables is an utterance with multiple meanings having punning syllables. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.233.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.233.p1) yathā śākuntale \[7.20 padyād anantaram\] rājā (svagatam) : iyaṃ khalu kathā mām eva lakṣyīkaroti | yadi tāvad asya śiśor mātaraṃ nāmataḥ pṛcchāmi | athavā anyāyyaḥ para-dāra-vyavahāraḥ | ity upakramya, > As in the Śākuntala \[after verse 7.20\], beginning with: The King (to himself): "This talk indeed points to me! Should I ask the mother of this child by name? Or else, inquiry into another's wife is improper." Down to: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.233.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.233.p2) (praviśya mṛn-mayūra-hastā) tāpasī-sabba-damaṇa ! sauṃdalābaṇṇaṃ pekkha \[sarva-damana ! śakunta-lāvaṇyaṃ prekṣasva |\] > (Entering with a clay peacock in her hand) Female Ascetic: "Sarvadamana! Look at the beauty of the bird (śakunta-lāvaṇyam)!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.233.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.233.p3) bālaḥ (sadṛṣṭi-kṣepam)-kahiṃ vā me ajjū | \[kutra vā mama mātā |\] > Child (casting his gaze about): "Where is my mother?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.233.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.233.p4) ubhe-ṇāma-sārisseṇa baṃcido māubacchalo | \[nāma-sādṛśyena vañcito mātṛ-vatsalaḥ |\] > Both: "The mother-loving child was deceived by the resemblance of the name!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.233.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.233.p5) dvitīyā-baccha, imassa mittiā-morassa raṃmattaṇaṃ dekkha tti bhaṇido' si | \[vatsa, asya mṛttikā-mayūrasya ramyatvaṃ paśyeti bhaṇito' si |\] > Second: "Child, you were told: 'Behold the loveliness of this clay peacock.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.233.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.233.p6) rājā (ātma-gatam)-kiṃ vā śakuntalety asya mātur ākhyā | ity antam | atra śakunta-lāvaṇyam ity atra śakuntalā-nāmākṣarāṇāṃ pratibhānād ayam akṣara-saṅghātaḥ | > The King (to himself): "Could Śakuntalā be the name of his mother?" At this conclusion: here, because the syllables of the name Śakuntalā are flashed forth in the phrase "beauty of the bird" (śakunta-lāvaṇyam), this is combination of syllables (akṣarasaṅghāta). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.3.233) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Devanāgarī recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.sakuntala*devanagari.7.20a1) — Sanskrit - [Nāṭakacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.natakacandrika.1.707) — Rūpa Gosvāmin 1540, Sanskrit - [Śṛṅgāraprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.srngaraprakasa.9.p1.3) — Bhoja, Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.8.42) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit - [Mitabhāṣiṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.mitabhasini.7.21) — Śāradārañjan Rāya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.233](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.233) · Pramāṇa