Rasarnavasudhakara 3.272.p3

3.272.p3

ity atra mahā-māṃsa-vikraya-sāhasasya doṣa-rūpeṇa kathene' pi mādhavānurāgotpādana-guṇatayā paryavasitam idaṃ pramukha-garhaṇatvād garhaṇam |

Here, although his rashness in selling human flesh is stated in the form of a fault, because it results in the virtue of producing Mādhava's love, it is reproach, since it takes the form of reproach on the surface.