Rasarnavasudhakara 3.384

3.384

atha vyāhāraḥ-
anyārthaṃ vacanaṃ hāsya-karaṃ vyāhāra ucyate ||

Now, humorous speech (vyāhāra):
Speech having a different meaning that causes laughter is called vyāhāra.

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yathā ānanda-kośa-nāmani prahasane-(praviśya) naṭī-ayya ko ṇioo ? [ārya, ko niyogaḥ ?]

As in the farce (prahasana) named Ānandakośa:—(Entering) Actress: Noble sir, what is your command?

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sūtradhāraḥ-ārye gargarike nūnam ānanda-kośa-nābhilāṣiṇī pariṣad iyam |

Stage manager: Noble Gargarikā, surely this audience desires the joy of an embrace [and: the play Ānandakośa].

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naṭī-tā daṃsedu ayyo | tado kiṃ bilaṃbeṇa | [tad darśayatu āryaḥ | tataḥ kiṃ vilambena ?]

Actress: Then let the noble sir show it! Why delay after that?

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sūtradhāraḥ-ayi gāyike gargarike bhavatyā mukha-vyāpāreṇa bījotthāpanānusandhāyinā bhavitavyam |

Stage manager: Ah, singer Gargarikā, you must apply yourself through facial gestures [and: oral operations] aimed at planting the seed [and: raising the semen].

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naṭī (sa-harṣam)-kīriso so muha-bābāro | [kīdṛśaḥ sa mukhya-vyāpāraḥ ?]

Actress (with joy): What kind of principal action [and: mouth-action] is that?

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sūtradhāraḥ-nanv amum eva śiśiram adhikṛtya dhruvā-gāna-rūpaḥ |

Stage manager: Surely it consists of singing the dhruvā song [and: an unshakeable copulation] concerning this very cold season.

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ity atra ānanda-kośa-bījotthāpana-mukha-vyāpārāṇāṃ rūpaka-bījotthāpana-dhruvā-gānārthānām api anyārtha-pratītyā hāsyakaratvād ayaṃ vyāhāraḥ |

Here, because the phrases 'ānandakośa', 'raising the seed', and 'mouth-activity' cause laughter through an alternative meaning understood alongside their dramatic senses of planting the plot-seed and singing the dhruvā song, this is humorous speech (vyāhāra).