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Rasarnavasudhakara 2.527

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2.527

"Menakā sings delightfully; Urvaśī has made herself radiant with the sounds of the lute; / Tilottamā speaks wonderfully; she shows familiarity with the sequences of various dances; / this beauty of theirs is excellent!"—such instability of love was resorted to by the enemy / whose body was split by your sword, O illustrious King Anapota Siṃha!

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Here, in the case of a certain heroic enemy who has perished beneath the edge of the hero's sword, there is a semblance [of sentiment] because of his love towards the celestial courtesans such as Menakā without distinction.

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[Objection:] If this is so, does not the love of the clever hero and others also become a semblance? We reply: No. In the case of the clever hero, his generality is merely by behaviour towards many heroines, not by love. For his love reaches maturity in only one [heroine], whereas towards the others it is moderate or slight; thus his affection is not a semblance. Here, however, because it proceeds towards multiple [women] without distinction, its status as a semblance is established.

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