6.1
Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa
पूर्वरङ्गविधिं श्रुत्वापुनराहुर्महत्तमाः ।
भरतं मुनयः सर्वे प्रश्नान्पञ्चाभिधत्स्व नः pūrvaraṅgavidhiṃ śrutvāpunarāhurmahattamāḥ |
bharataṃ munayaḥ sarve praśnānpañcābhidhatsva naḥ
The line
Having heard the rule of the preliminary rite, the great sages all address Bharata again: set out five questions for us.
नेपालीमा
प्रारम्भिक अनुष्ठानको नियम सुनेर सबै महर्षिले भरतलाई फेरि भन्छन्, हाम्रा लागि पाँच प्रश्न राखिदिनुहोस्।
Where it sits
Opens the sixth adhyāya (अध्याय). The preliminary rite is the fifth chapter. The five questions are the next two verses: what makes a rasa (रस) a rasa (रस), how the bhāva (भाव) states are declared, the summary, the kārikā (कारिका), and the nirukta (निरुक्त).
Split: pūrvaraṅgavidhiṃ (पूर्वरङ्गविधिं) śrutvāpunarāhurmahattamāḥ (श्रुत्वापुनराहुर्महत्तमाः) / bharataṃ (भरतं) munayaḥ (मुनयः) sarve (सर्वे) praśnānpañcābhidhatsva (प्रश्नान्पञ्चाभिधत्स्व) naḥ (नः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| pūrvaraṅgavidhiṃ (पूर्वरङ्गविधिं) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| śrutvāpunarāhurmahattamāḥ (श्रुत्वापुनराहुर्महत्तमाः) | nominative plural | as this verse uses the word. |
| bharataṃ (भरतं) | nominative or accusative singular | Bharata. |
| munayaḥ (मुनयः) | nominative singular | the sages. |
| sarve (सर्वे) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | as this verse uses the word. |
| praśnānpañcābhidhatsva (प्रश्नान्पञ्चाभिधत्स्व) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| naḥ (नः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 16, 16 syllables. A hyphen in the split is a compound joint, a teaching mark, and the voice joins it.
Say it back
Cover the English and say the line in one sentence. Having heard the rule of the preliminary rite, the great sages all address Bharata again: set out five questions for us.