6.43
Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa
गौरो वीरस्तु विज्ञेयः कृष्णश्चैव भयानकः ।
नीलवर्णस्तु बीभत्सः पीतश्चैवाद्भुतः स्मृतः gauro vīrastu vijñeyaḥ kṛṣṇaścaiva bhayānakaḥ |
nīlavarṇastu bībhatsaḥ pītaścaivādbhutaḥ smṛtaḥ
The line
The heroic is to be known as pale. The fearful is black. The disgusting is blue in color. The wondrous is remembered as yellow.
नेपालीमा
वीर फिक्का जानिन्छ। भयानक कालो हो, बीभत्स नीलो रङको हो, र अद्भुत पहेँलो सम्झिन्छ।
Where it sits
Gaura (गौर) is pale. Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is black. Nīla (नील) is blue. Pīta (पीत) is yellow. Śānta (शान्त) has no color in the unbracketed list.
Split: gauro (गौरो) vīrastu (वीरस्तु) vijñeyaḥ (विज्ञेयः) kṛṣṇaścaiva (कृष्णश्चैव) bhayānakaḥ (भयानकः) / nīlavarṇastu (नीलवर्णस्तु) bībhatsaḥ (बीभत्सः) pītaścaivādbhutaḥ (पीतश्चैवाद्भुतः) smṛtaḥ (स्मृतः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| gauro (गौरो) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| vīrastu (वीरस्तु) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| vijñeyaḥ (विज्ञेयः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| kṛṣṇaścaiva (कृष्णश्चैव) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| bhayānakaḥ (भयानकः) | nominative singular | the fearful rasa. Its stable state is bhaya, fear. |
| nīlavarṇastu (नीलवर्णस्तु) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| bībhatsaḥ (बीभत्सः) | nominative singular | the disgusting rasa. Its stable state is jugupsā (जुगुप्सा), disgust. |
| pītaścaivādbhutaḥ (पीतश्चैवाद्भुतः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| smṛtaḥ (स्मृतः) | 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. The heroic is to be known as pale. The fearful is black. The disgusting is blue in color. The wondrous is remembered as yellow.