[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Drama (rūpaka)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays) › [Allegorical plays](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical) › [Jivananda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda) › 3.16 # Jivananda 3.16 Jīvānanda 3.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.3.16) kiṃ ca | sudhālepadhavalīkṛtasaudhavasatayaḥ paurayuvatayaḥ śāradābhragataparamādbhutataḍillatāvibhramamudbhāvayanti | kiṃ ca, cañcarīkagaṇaścitralikhitasahakāramañjarīkalitotkalikayā saṃcaramāṇo'pi kadaryamavanīpatimupagato vanīpakaloka iva niṣphala eva nivartate | katicana niketanāni ca nūtanālikhitenāhinakulenāśramamahiṣeṇa govyāghreṇa ca bhittiṣu nirvairasattvānyanukurvanti catvarāṇi tapodhanāśramapadasya | (anyato'valokya, sahākam |) dṛṣṭvākṛṣṭakacāmudastacibukāṃ patyā karābhyāṃ balātkāmapyeṇadṛśaṃ karau vidhuvatīmāsvādyamānādharām ālekhye puraśilpinā viracitāṃ bhittau bahirmandirānnāryaḥ sasmitanamravaktrakamalāḥ karṣanti yūnāṃ manaḥ - [Previous: 3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.3.15) - [Next: 3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.3.17) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.3) ## Linked texts (2) - [Śrīkaṇṭhacarita](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.kavya.mahakavya.saiva.sivavijaya.srikanthacarita.29.16) — Maṅkha, Sanskrit - [Jīvānanda (Ānandarāya Adhvarin)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda-anandaraya-adhvarin.3.16) — Ānandarāya Adhvarin, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.plays.allegorical.jivananda.3.16) · Pramāṇa