[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) › 3.239 # Rasarnavasudhakara 3.239 Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.239 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.239) atha śobhā- śobhā svabhāva-prākaṭyaṃ yūnor anyonyam ucyate || > Now, beauty (śobhā): > Beauty is called the manifestation of their mutual nature by two young lovers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.239.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.239.p1) yathā ratnāvalyāṃ, sāgarikā (rājānaṃ dṛṣṭvā saharṣaṃ sa-sādhvasaṃ sa-kampaṃ ca svagatam)-eṇaṃ pekkhia adisaddhaseṇa ṇa sakkaṇomi padādo padaṃ bi gantuṃ | tā kiṃ vā ettha karissaṃ ? \[enaṃ prekṣya atisādhvasena na śaknomi padāt padam api gantum | tat kiṃ vā atra kariṣyāmi ?\] > As in the Ratnāvalī, Sāgarikā (seeing the King, with joy, fear, and trembling, aside): "Seeing him, out of great fear I am unable even to move step by step. So what indeed shall I do here?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.239.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.239.p2) vidūṣakaḥ (sāgarikāṃ dṛṣṭvā)-aho accariaṃ | īrisaṃ kaṇṇāraaṇaṃ māṇusaloe ṇa dīsadi | bho baassa taha takkemi paāvaiṇobi edaṃ ṇimmābia puṇo puṇo bihmao saṃbutto tti | \[aho āścaryam | īdṛśaṃ kanyā-ratnaṃ mānusa-loke na dṛśyate | bho vayasya tasmāt tarkayāmi prajāpater api idaṃ nirmāya punaḥ punar vismayaḥ saṃvṛtta iti |\] > The clown (seeing Sāgarikā): "Oh, wonderful! Such a jewel of a maiden is not seen in the mortal world. Friend, therefore I reckon that even the Creator, having fashioned this, felt wonder again and again!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.239.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.239.p3) rājā-sakhe mamāpy etad eva manasi vartate \[2.15 padyāt pūrvam\] ity ādinā sāgarikā-vatsarājayor anyonya-nirvarṇanena rūpātiśaya-prakaṭanaṃ śobhā | > The King: "Friend, this very thought is in my mind as well" \[before verse 2.15\], and so forth: the manifestation of superior beauty through the mutual contemplation of Sāgarikā and the King of Vatsa is beauty (śobhā). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.3.239) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (4) - [Nāṭakacandrikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.natakacandrika.1.737) — Rūpa Gosvāmin 1540, Sanskrit - [Śṛṅgāraprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.srngaraprakasa.9.p1.4) — Bhoja, Sanskrit - [Ratnāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.udayana.ratnavali.20.12) — Harṣavardhana, Sanskrit - [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.5.104) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.239](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.239) · Pramāṇa