Nāṭyaśāstra, rasa

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6.82*1

Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa

मोक्षाध्यात्मसमुत्थस्तत्त्वज्ञानार्थहेतुसंयुक्तः ।
नैःश्रेयसोपदिष्टः शान्तरसो नाम सम्भवति
mokṣādhyātmasamutthastattvajñānārthahetusaṃyuktaḥ |
naiḥśreyasopadiṣṭaḥ śāntaraso nāma sambhavati

The line

Arisen from release and from the inner self, joined with the cause that is the knowledge of reality, taught as the highest good: the rasa (रस) named peaceful comes to be.

नेपालीमा

मोक्ष र अन्तरआत्माबाट उठेको, तत्त्वज्ञान भन्ने कारणसँग जोडिएको, परम हित भनेर सिकाइएको शान्त नामको रस उत्पन्न हुन्छ।

Where it sits

This line and the next four stand inside brackets in the pāṭha (पाठ). 6.15 and 6.83 say eight. 6.82*5 says nine. The brackets are why both counts can be read. The prose inside the brackets says śānta (शान्त) has peace as its stable state and sets a person moving toward release, and that it arises from knowledge of reality, dispassion, and purity of mind. Its acting is restraint, observance, meditation, holding, worship, and kindness to every being. Abhinavagupta defends śānta (शान्त) as the ninth. His argument is the commentary, and it is not this verse.

Split: mokṣādhyātmasamutthastattvajñānārthahetusaṃyuktaḥ (मोक्षाध्यात्मसमुत्थस्तत्त्वज्ञानार्थहेतुसंयुक्तः) / naiḥśreyasopadiṣṭaḥ (नैःश्रेयसोपदिष्टः) śāntaraso (शान्तरसो) nāma (नाम) sambhavati (सम्भवति)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
mokṣādhyātmasamutthastattvajñānārthahetusaṃyuktaḥ (मोक्षाध्यात्मसमुत्थस्तत्त्वज्ञानार्थहेतुसंयुक्तः)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.
naiḥśreyasopadiṣṭaḥ (नैःश्रेयसोपदिष्टः)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.
śāntaraso (शान्तरसो)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
nāma (नाम)indeclinableby name.
sambhavati (सम्भवति)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.

Sanskrit in this line

The quarters run 17, 17 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. Arisen from release and from the inner self, joined with the cause that is the knowledge of reality, taught as the highest good: the rasa (रस) named peaceful comes to be.