Sanskrit · DevanagariComplete modern digital transcription ↗
अत्यर्थं हास्य शीलायाः सीतायाश्च प्रियेण किम् । एष हास्यरसो लोके शोकामयविनाशनः ॥ २२॥
IAST
atyarthaṃ hāsya śīlāyāḥ sītāyāśca priyeṇa kim | eṣa hāsyaraso loke śokāmayavināśanaḥ || 22||
English
Or was the moon the beloved partner of Sītā’s boundless play of laughter? This rasa of humor destroys the world’s disease of sorrow.