[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) › 3.59 # Rasarnavasudhakara 3.59 Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.59 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.59) indur lipta ivāñjanena jaḍitā dṛṣṭir mṛgīṇām iva pramlānāruṇimeva vidrumalatā śyāmeva hema-prabhā | pāruṣyaṃ kalayā ca kokila-vadhū-kaṇṭheṣv iva prastutaṃ sītāyāḥ purataś ca hanta śikhināṃ barhāḥ sagarhā iva || > The moon is as if smeared with collyrium, the gaze of does is as if dulled; / the coral creeper is as if faded in redness, the glow of gold is as if darkened; / and some slight harshness is as if introduced into the throats of female cuckoos; / and alas, before Sītā, the plumes of peacocks are as if objects of reproach.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.59.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.59.p2) ity upakramya, śatānandaḥ (apavarya)-aho laṅkādhipater apūrva-garva-garimā | yan mamāpi śatānandasya na niścinute cetaḥ | kiṃ bhaviṣyati (1.46 padyād anantaram\] ity antena rāvaṇasya sītā-rāmaṇīyaka-darśanena śatānandasya rāvaṇotsāha-darśanena ca tayoś citta-camatkāra-kathanāt paribhāvanā | > Beginning with this, up to: Śatānanda (aside): 'Ah, the unprecedented weight of the Lord of Laṅkā's pride! So that even my mind, Śatānanda's, cannot determine: what will happen?' \[after verse 1.46\]—because of the description of the mind's wonder in both Rāvaṇa, from seeing Sītā's loveliness, and Śatānanda, from seeing Rāvaṇa's heroic energy, there is cogitation. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.3.59) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [Vakroktijīvita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.dhvani.vakroktijivita.94.8) — Kuntaka, Sanskrit - [Subhāṣitaratnabhāṇḍāgāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.subhasita.subhasita.adhunika.subhasitaratnabhandagara.6.7.77) — Kāśīnātha Pāṇḍuraṅga Paraba 1886, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.59) · Pramāṇa