Rasarnavasudhakara 3.115
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3.115
Now adhibala (outwitting):
Adhibala is declared by the wise to be extreme deception by means of deceit.
3.115.p2
As in that very work [Bālarāmāyaṇa], in the sixth act [before verse 6.5], Māyāmaya: 'Then once, when Daśaratha, with Kaikeyī who is full of affection for her beloved, had approached the glorious Indra, the crest-jewel of the heavens, to fulfill the wish of his ally for victory over the army of the asuras, Śūrpaṇakhā and I, wearing their forms, reached Ayodhyā in order to deceive Rāma—who delights the blue lotus—along with his retinue.' Beginning with this,
3.115.p3
and ending with Mālyavān's words: 'What is impossible for cleverness?' [after verse 6.5], this is adhibala, because of the deception of Rāma and Vāmadeva by Māyāmaya and Śūrpaṇakhā through assuming disguised forms.
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