[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) › 3.61 # Rasarnavasudhakara 3.61 Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.61 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.61) lokottaraṃ caritam arpayati pratiṣṭhāṃ puṃsāṃ kulaṃ na hi nimittam udāratāyāḥ | vātāpitāpana-muneḥ kalaśāt prasūtir līlāyitaṃ punar amuṣya samudra-pānam || > 'An extraordinary character confers prestige / upon men; high birth is indeed no cause for greatness: / the birth of the sage who tormented Vātāpi was from a water-pot, / yet his drinking of the ocean was mere play.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.61.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.61.p2) ity antena gūḍha-śaṅkara-dhanur adhikṣepodghāṭanād vā lokottara-carita-sāmānya-varṇanena tirohita-rāmacandrotsāhodghāṭanād vā udbhedaḥ | > Up to this \[passage\], either from the disclosure of the hidden slight against Śaṅkara's bow, or from the disclosure of Rāmacandra's veiled heroic energy by the general description of extraordinary character, there is sprouting. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.3.61) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bālarāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.rama.balaramayana.2.51) — Rājaśekhara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.61) · Pramāṇa