Chapter 16 · Verse 67

कर्तव्यं च तदेवात्र यत्स्वारस्यकरं रसे । नात्र धर्मोपयोग्येव नार्थतत्त्वं न मुक्तिदम् ॥ ६७॥

IAST

kartavyaṃ ca tadevātra yatsvārasyakaraṃ rase | nātra dharmopayogyeva nārthatattvaṃ na muktidam || 67||

English

Here one should do only what creates full savor within rasa. This is not a setting for what merely serves dharma, for the principles of worldly ends, or for what grants liberation.