Rasarnavasudhakara 2.345

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2.345

“Having been granted entrance by the officer stationed at the door,
approaching together with an attendant of the throne,
by his radiances that turn away the falling of my gaze,
I have been turned back again, as it were, without a word.”

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|| (Mālavikāgnimitra 1.12)

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If it is asked how fear arises in such instances, we reply: terrifying things are threefold—those terrifying in form, those terrifying in action, and those terrifying in majesty. Among them, those terrifying in form are rākṣasas, piśācas, and the like. Those terrifying in action are Vīrabhadra, Paraśurāma, tigers, wolves, and the like. Those terrifying in majesty are gods, kings, and the like. Therefore, here, fear arises in the drama master (Haradatta) from seeing a king who is terrifying in majesty; it does not arise from [his own] nature. This is made indubitable by none other than Kālidāsa himself, who penned the preceding line: "Ah, unapproachable is the majesty of a king!" Thus all is sound.

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Rasārṇavasudhākara — Siṃhabhūpāla, Sanskrit