Rasarnavasudhakara 3.380
Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.380
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3.380
pratyaṅkam aṅkurita-sarva-navāvatāran-
navyollasat-kusuma-rāji-virāji-bandham |
gharmetarāṃśum iva vakratayātiramyaṃ
nāṭya-prabandham atimañjula-saṃvidhānam ||
In which every new descent is sprouted act by act,
whose composition shines with lines of freshly blossoming flowers,
extremely charming in its indirectness like the cool-rayed moon,
a dramatic work of exceedingly sweet arrangement.
3.380.p1
[pra.rā. 1.7]
|| [Prasannarāghava 1.7]
3.380.p2
atra prasanna-rāghava-nāmety uttarasya saptākṣarāṣṭa-paṅkti-krameṇa likhite' sminn eva śloke mṛgyatvād antar-lāpo nāmeyam |
Here, because the answer, namely “bearing the name Prasannarāghava,” is to be sought in this very verse when written in the order of eight lines of seven syllables each, this is called an internal-answer riddle.
3.380.p3
bahir-lāpā, yathā bāla-rāmāyaṇe-
kama-baḍḍhanta-vilāsaṃ rasāsale kaṃ karei kandappo |
[krama-vardhamāna-vilāsaṃ rasātale kaṃ karoti kandarpaḥ |]
The external-answer riddle, as in the Bālarāmāyaṇa:
Whom does Kāma, whose sport increases by degrees, create in the netherworld?
3.380.p4
sūtradhāraḥ-aye praśnottaram | seyam asmat-prītir iti devādeśaḥ | tat svayam eva vācayāmi-
Stage manager: Ah, a question-and-answer riddle! Such is the king's command: 'This is pleasing to us.' Therefore I shall recite it myself:
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