Nāṭyaśāstra, rasa

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6.17

Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa

रतिहासश्च शोकश्च क्रोधोत्साहौ भयं तथा ।
जुगुप्सा विस्मयश्चेति स्थायिभावाः प्रकीर्तिताः
ratihāsaśca śokaśca krodhotsāhau bhayaṃ tathā |
jugupsā vismayaśceti sthāyibhāvāḥ prakīrtitāḥ

The line

Love, and laughter, and grief, anger and energy, and fear, disgust and wonder: these are declared the stable states.

नेपालीमा

प्रेम, हाँसो र शोक, क्रोध र उत्साह, डर, घृणा र आश्चर्य, यी स्थिर अवस्था बताइएका छन्।

Where it sits

In the order of 6.15: rati (रति) for śṛṅgāra (शृङ्गार), hāsa (हास) for hāsya (हास्य), śoka (शोक) for karuṇa (करुण), krodha (क्रोध) for raudra (रौद्र), utsāha (उत्साह) for vīra (वीर), bhaya (भय) for bhayānaka (भयानक), jugupsā (जुगुप्सा) for bībhatsa (बीभत्स), vismaya (विस्मय) for adbhuta (अद्भुत). The bracketed śānta (शान्त) will name śama (शम).

Split: ratihāsaśca (रतिहासश्च) śokaśca (शोकश्च) krodhotsāhau (क्रोधोत्साहौ) bhayaṃ (भयं) tathā (तथा) / jugupsā (जुगुप्सा) vismayaśceti (विस्मयश्चेति) sthāyibhāvāḥ (स्थायिभावाः) prakīrtitāḥ (प्रकीर्तिताः)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
ratihāsaśca (रतिहासश्च)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
śokaśca (शोकश्च)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
krodhotsāhau (क्रोधोत्साहौ)dual, or a locative of an i-stem or a u-stemas this verse uses the word.
bhayaṃ (भयं)nominative or accusative singularfear.
tathā (तथा)indeclinableso, in that way.
jugupsā (जुगुप्सा)nominative singulardisgust.
vismayaśceti (विस्मयश्चेति)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
sthāyibhāvāḥ (स्थायिभावाः)nominative pluralthe stable states.
prakīrtitāḥ (प्रकीर्तिताः)nominative pluralas 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. Love, and laughter, and grief, anger and energy, and fear, disgust and wonder: these are declared the stable states.