6.42
Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa
श्यामो भवति शृङ्गारः सितो हास्यः प्रकीर्तितः ।
कपोतः करुणश्चैव रक्तो रौद्रः प्रकीर्तितः śyāmo bhavati śṛṅgāraḥ sito hāsyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ |
kapotaḥ karuṇaścaiva rakto raudraḥ prakīrtitaḥ
The line
The erotic is dark. The comic is declared white. The compassionate is dove-grey. The furious is declared red.
नेपालीमा
शृङ्गार श्याम हो। हास्य सेतो बताइएको छ, करुण परेवाजस्तो खैरो हो, र रौद्र रातो बताइएको छ।
Where it sits
The prose introduces these as the colors. Śyāma (श्याम) is the dark sheen. Sita (सित) is white. Kapota (कपोत) is the grey of a dove. Rakta (रक्त) is red. 6.43 gives the other four.
Split: śyāmo (श्यामो) bhavati (भवति) śṛṅgāraḥ (शृङ्गारः) sito (सितो) hāsyaḥ (हास्यः) prakīrtitaḥ (प्रकीर्तितः) / kapotaḥ (कपोतः) karuṇaścaiva (करुणश्चैव) rakto (रक्तो) raudraḥ (रौद्रः) prakīrtitaḥ (प्रकीर्तितः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| śyāmo (श्यामो) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| bhavati (भवति) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| śṛṅgāraḥ (शृङ्गारः) | nominative singular | the erotic rasa. Its stable state is rati, love. |
| sito (सितो) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| hāsyaḥ (हास्यः) | nominative singular | the comic rasa. Its stable state is hāsa (हास), laughter. |
| prakīrtitaḥ (प्रकीर्तितः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| kapotaḥ (कपोतः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| karuṇaścaiva (करुणश्चैव) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| rakto (रक्तो) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| raudraḥ (रौद्रः) | nominative singular | the furious rasa. Its stable state is krodha, anger. |
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. The erotic is dark. The comic is declared white. The compassionate is dove-grey. The furious is declared red.