6.60
Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa
हास्यस्थानानि यानि स्युः कार्योत्पन्नानि नाटके ।
उत्तमाधममध्यानामेवं तानि प्रयोजयेत् hāsyasthānāni yāni syuḥ kāryotpannāni nāṭake |
uttamādhamamadhyānāmevaṃ tāni prayojayet
The line
Whatever occasions of laughter arise from the plot in a play, he should apply them thus for the high, the low, and the middle.
नेपालीमा
नाटकमा कथाबाट हाँसोका जति अवसर उठ्छन्, उसले उच्च, नीच र मध्यका लागि त्यसरी लगाउनुपर्छ।
Where it sits
The six are not a free menu. The plot decides which laugh belongs.
Split: hāsyasthānāni (हास्यस्थानानि) yāni (यानि) syuḥ (स्युः) kāryotpannāni (कार्योत्पन्नानि) nāṭake (नाटके) / uttamādhamamadhyānāmevaṃ (उत्तमाधममध्यानामेवं) tāni (तानि) prayojayet (प्रयोजयेत्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| hāsyasthānāni (हास्यस्थानानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | as this verse uses the word. |
| yāni (यानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | as this verse uses the word. |
| syuḥ (स्युः) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| kāryotpannāni (कार्योत्पन्नानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | as this verse uses the word. |
| nāṭake (नाटके) | locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominative | as this verse uses the word. |
| uttamādhamamadhyānāmevaṃ (उत्तमाधममध्यानामेवं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| tāni (तानि) | nominative or accusative plural, neuter | as this verse uses the word. |
| prayojayet (प्रयोजयेत्) | form in the line | 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. Whatever occasions of laughter arise from the plot in a play, he should apply them thus for the high, the low, and the middle.