6.49
Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa
विपरितालङ्कारैर्विकृताचराभिधानवेषैश्च ।
विकृतैरर्थविशेषैर्हसतीति रसः स्मृतो हास्यः viparitālaṅkārairvikṛtācarābhidhānaveṣaiśca |
vikṛtairarthaviśeṣairhasatīti rasaḥ smṛto hāsyaḥ
The line
By contrary ornaments, by distorted conduct, naming, and dress, and by distorted particular objects, one laughs: the rasa (रस) is remembered as the comic.
नेपालीमा
उल्टा गहना, विकृत आचरण, नाम र वस्त्र, तथा विकृत विशेष वस्तुले मानिस हाँस्छ। त्यो रस हास्य मानिन्छ।
Where it sits
The prose says laughter arises from a distorted dress of someone else, from impudence, greed, deceit, incoherent talk, seeing a deformity, and from a faulty example. It is of oneself, when one laughs, and of another, when one makes another laugh. 6.52 gives six degrees.
Split: viparitālaṅkārairvikṛtācarābhidhānaveṣaiśca (विपरितालङ्कारैर्विकृताचराभिधानवेषैश्च) / vikṛtairarthaviśeṣairhasatīti (विकृतैरर्थविशेषैर्हसतीति) rasaḥ (रसः) smṛto (स्मृतो) hāsyaḥ (हास्यः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| viparitālaṅkārairvikṛtācarābhidhānaveṣaiśca (विपरितालङ्कारैर्विकृताचराभिधानवेषैश्च) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| vikṛtairarthaviśeṣairhasatīti (विकृतैरर्थविशेषैर्हसतीति) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| rasaḥ (रसः) | nominative singular | a rasa. |
| smṛto (स्मृतो) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| hāsyaḥ (हास्यः) | nominative singular | the comic rasa. Its stable state is hāsa (हास), laughter. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 18, 18 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. By contrary ornaments, by distorted conduct, naming, and dress, and by distorted particular objects, one laughs: the rasa (रस) is remembered as the comic.