Rasarnavasudhakara 3.196

English (machine translation) 3.196

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3.196

Now, slip of the tongue (gotraskhalita): / A slip of the tongue is the uttering of a wrong name.

3.196.p2

As in the Vikramorvaśīya [at the beginning of Act 3], (Then enter two pupils of Bharata) First pupil: "Ah, what remains of your speech seems to leave room for a fault."

3.196.p3

Second pupil: "Yes. On that occasion, Urvaśī's speech suffered a lapse due to distraction."

Second pupil: "While playing the role of Lakṣmī, Urvaśī was asked by Menakā, who was playing the role of Vāruṇī: 'Friend, these lords of the three worlds have assembled together with Keśava and the world-protectors. Upon which one is your heart set?'"

3.196.p6

First pupil: "And then?"

3.196.p7

Second pupil: "Then, when she ought to have said 'upon Puruṣottama', the word 'upon Purūravas' came out." Here, the confusion of names is quite clear.

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Rasārṇavasudhākara — Siṃhabhūpāla, Sanskrit