[2] He also authored the Vakroktipañcāśikā, containing fifty verses of dialogue between Śiva and Pārvatī, employing the device of vakrokti ("punning conversation");[3] this is possibly his only other preserved work.
In accordance with mahākāvya convention, the poem explores many aspects of life, including nature, seasons, love, and a battle.
Durgaprasad and Parab cite a contemporary opinion in their 1890 edition of the Haravijaya:[9] dugdhābdhīnāṃ sahasraṃ na kusumalasitaṃ sadvasantāyutaṃ vā koṭir vā pārvaṇānāṃ suṣamaśāśabhṛtāṃ neṣadoṣātanānām sampūrṇaṃ vā sudhābhiḥ puraṭaghaṭaśataṃ hanta dhvanvantareno pāṇiṣṭhaṃ cāru ratnākarasukavigirāṃ merulakṣaṃ na mūlyam Not a thousand milk oceans, nor ten thousand springtimes shining with flowers, nor ten million splendid moons of autumn, not a hundred lovely golden pots full of nectar in Dhanvantari’s hand, no, not a hundred thousand Merus, are worth the poem of the excellent poet Ratnākara.
Peter Pasedach lists three commentaries on the poem: Viṣamapadoddyotā by Alaka, Laghupañcikā by Ratnakaṇṭha, and Haravijayasāravivaraṇa by Utpala.
[10] An edition of the work was published in 1890, prepared by Pandit Durgaprasad and Kasinath Pandurang Parab for the Kāvyamālā series.