Rasarnavasudhakara 1.488

English (machine translation) 1.488

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1.488

As for the disclosure of the beloved’s offense through appearance, for example: / “Let this ointment be applied, as if your body were damp with the perspiration of swift walking; / let that garland be removed, as if crushed by the touch of the sun's rays”— / such flattering words spoken by a very self-possessed beloved with a smiling lotus-face, / alas, bring fortunate men more pleasure than lovemaking itself!

1.488.p1

Here, through banter in the form of declaring false the purported causes—swift walking and the touch of the sun's rays—for the emergence of sweat and the fading of the garland, the beloved’s offense in the form of union with a rival wife is revealed; hence it is sport.

1.488.p2

As for the disclosure of the beloved’s offense through gesture, for example:

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Rasārṇavasudhākara — Siṃhabhūpāla, Sanskrit