[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) › 3.256 # Rasarnavasudhakara 3.256 Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.256 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.256](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.256) jagati jayinas te te bhāvā navendu-kalādayaḥ prakṛti-madhurāḥ santy evānye mano madayanti ye | mama tu yad iyaṃ yātā loke vilocana-candrikā nayana-viṣayaṃ janmany ekaḥ sa eva mahotsavaḥ || > “In this world there are various captivating entities, such as the crescent of the new moon, / naturally sweet, which indeed exhilarate the mind; / but that this moonlight of the eyes has come within the range / of my vision in this world, that alone is the one supreme festival in life.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.256.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.256.p1) \[mā.mā. 1.39\] > || \[Mālatīmādhava 1.39\] > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.256.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.256.p2) ity atra indukalādīn mano-mada-hetutayā prasiddhān uktvā tat-samāna-mādhuryāyām api mālatyāṃ viśeṣa-kathanād idaṃ viśeṣaṇam | > Here, after mentioning the crescent moon and others that are celebrated as causes of delighting the mind, a special distinction is stated in Mālatī even though she possesses equal sweetness; hence this is viśeṣaṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.3.256) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Kāvyaprakāśa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.kavyaprakasa.2.835) — Mammaṭa & Alaṭa, Sanskrit - [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.5.111) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.256](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.256) · Pramāṇa