[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) › 3.384 # Rasarnavasudhakara 3.384 Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.384 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.384](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.384.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.384.p1) 180a ### [3.384.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.384.p2) 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? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.384.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.384.p3) sūtradhāraḥ-ārye gargarike nūnam ānanda-kośa-nābhilāṣiṇī pariṣad iyam | > Stage manager: Noble Gargarikā, surely this audience desires the joy of an embrace \[and: the play Ānandakośa\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.384.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.384.p4) 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? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.384.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.384.p5) 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 \[and: raising the semen\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.384.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.384.p6) naṭī (sa-harṣam)-kīriso so muha-bābāro | \[kīdṛśaḥ sa mukhya-vyāpāraḥ ?\] > Actress (with joy): What kind of principal action \[and: mouth-action\] is that? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.384.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.384.p7) 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.384.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.384.p8) 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). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.3.384) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Rasasudhākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.rasa.rasasudhakara.5.174) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.384](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.384) · Pramāṇa