[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) › 3.331 # Rasarnavasudhakara 3.331 Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.331 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.331](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.331) yuktyā nijotkarṣa-vādī prauḍha ity aparaiḥ smṛtaḥ || > By others, one who asserts his own superiority through reasoned argument is considered mature. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.331.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.331.p1) yathā mamaiva-nedānīntana-dīpikā kim u tamaḥ-saṅghātam unmūlayed ity ādi \[rasārṇava-sudhākare 1.55\] | > As in my own work: "Could a contemporary lamp not uproot a mass of darkness?" and so forth \[in Rasārṇavasudhākara 1.55\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.331.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.331.p2) atra jyotsnādi-dṛṣṭānta-mukhena mādhuryaujaḥ-prasādākhyānāṃ guṇānāṃ sva-sāhityaṃ rasaucityena \[sattāṃ\] pratipādayann ayaṃ kaviḥ prauḍha ity ucyate | > Here, by establishing through illustrations such as moonlight the presence in his own composition of the poetic qualities called sweetness, vigor, and clarity in accordance with aesthetic sentiment, this poet is called mature. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.3.331) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.5.148) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.331](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.331) · Pramāṇa