[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) › 3.252 # Rasarnavasudhakara 3.252 Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.252 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.252) medaś cheda-kṛśodaraṃ laghu bhavaty utthāna-yogyaṃ vapuḥ sattvānām api lakṣyate vikṛtimac cittaṃ bhaya-krodhayoḥ | utkarṣaḥ sa ca dhanvināṃ yad iṣavaḥ sidhyanti lakṣye cale mithyaiva vyasanaṃ vadanti mṛgayāmīdṛg vinodaḥ kutaḥ || > The body becomes slender-waisted through the reduction of fat, light, and fit for exertion; / even in wild beasts, the mind is observed in its alteration under fear and anger; / and that is the glory of archers, that their arrows succeed against a moving target: / falsely indeed do they call hunting a vice; whence could there be such a diversion?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.252.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.252.p1) \[a.śa. 2.5\] ### [3.252.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.252.p2) ity atra senāpateḥ rāja-cittānuvartanaṃ dākṣiṇyam | > Here, the general's accommodation of the King's mind is courtliness (dākṣiṇya). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.3.252) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.252) · Pramāṇa