[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) › 3.76 # Rasarnavasudhakara 3.76 Rasārṇavasudhākara 3.76 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.76) vācā kārmukam asya kauśika-pater āropaṇāyārpitaṃ mad-dor-daṇḍa-haṭhāñcanena tad idaṃ bhagnaṃ kṛta-nyak-kṛti | no jāne janakas tad atra bhagavān vrīḍā-vaśād uttaraṃ nikṣeptre nata-kandharo bhagavate rudrāya kiṃ dāsyati || > "By word alone, the bow was given by the lord of the Kauśikas to be strung; / by the violent bending of my massive arm, it was broken, incurring disgrace. / I do not know what answer the revered Janaka, his head bowed down / under the sway of shame, will give here to the revered Rudra, who deposited it!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [3.76.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.76.p2) ity atra janakādhipāpalāpena hāsa-pradhānaṃ narma | > Here, with the concealment concerning king Janaka, there is jest consisting primarily of laughter. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara~en-mt.3.76) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Bālarāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.rama.balaramayana.3.82) — Rājaśekhara, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.natya.rasarnavasudhakara.3.76) · Pramāṇa