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# Rasarnavasudhakara 3.24

Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.24

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.24)

lolāṃśukasya pavanākulitāṃśukāntaṃ  
tvad-dṛṣṭi-hāri mama locana-bāndhavasya |  
adhyāsituṃ tava ciraṃ jaghana-sthalasya  
paryāptam eva karabhoru maoru-yugmam ||

> "For your thighs—the edge of whose garments is stirred by the breeze, / which captivate your gaze, and which are kinsmen to my eyes—to rest upon for long, / the pair of thighs of mine, whose garments are tossed, / is indeed sufficient, O woman with thighs like an elephant's trunk!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.24.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.24.p1)

(praviśya sambhrāntaḥ) kañcukī-deva bhagnam | deva bhagnam !

> (Entering agitatedly) Chamberlain: "Your Majesty, broken! Your Majesty, broken!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.24.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.24.p2)

rājā-kena ?

> King: "By whom?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.24.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.24.p3)

kañcukī-deva bhīmena |

> Chamberlain: "Your Majesty, by Bhīma (or: terribly)!"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.24.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.24.p4)

rājā-āḥ kiṃ pralapasi ?

> King: "Ah! What are you babbling?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

### [3.24.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.24.p5)

ity atra śliṣṭa-pratyuttareṇa kañcuki-vākyena bhāvino duryodhanoru-bhaṅgasya sūcanena śliṣṭottaraṃ nāma tṛtīyam idaṃ patākā-sthānakam |

> Here, by the chamberlain's statement which forms an ambiguous reply, there is an indication of the future breaking of Duryodhana's thighs; hence this is the third dramatic indicator, named ambiguous reply (śliṣṭottara).  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.3.24) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.5.17) — Sanskrit

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