Nāṭyaśāstra, rasa

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Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa

स्वेदश्च वेपथुश्चैव रोमाञ्चो गद्गदस्तथा ।
त्रासश्च मरणश्चैअव वैवर्ण्यं च भयानके
svedaśca vepathuścaiva romāñco gadgadastathā |
trāsaśca maraṇaścaiava vaivarṇyaṃ ca bhayānake

The line

Sweat, trembling, horripilation, stammering, fright, death, and change of color, in the fearful.

नेपालीमा

पसिना, कम्पन, रोमाञ्च, लरबराहट, त्रास, मृत्यु र रङ्ग परिवर्तन भयानकमा हुन्छन्।

Where it sits

The sāttvika (सात्त्विक) signs gather under fear. The line reads maraṇaścaiava (मरणश्चैअव).

Split: svedaśca (स्वेदश्च) vepathuścaiva (वेपथुश्चैव) romāñco (रोमाञ्चो) gadgadastathā (गद्गदस्तथा) / trāsaśca (त्रासश्च) maraṇaścaiava (मरणश्चैअव) vaivarṇyaṃ (वैवर्ण्यं) ca (च) bhayānake (भयानके)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
svedaśca (स्वेदश्च)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
vepathuścaiva (वेपथुश्चैव)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
romāñco (रोमाञ्चो)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
gadgadastathā (गद्गदस्तथा)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.
trāsaśca (त्रासश्च)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
maraṇaścaiava (मरणश्चैअव)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
vaivarṇyaṃ (वैवर्ण्यं)nominative or accusative singularas this verse uses the word.
ca (च)indeclinableand.
bhayānake (भयानके)locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominativethe fearful rasa. Its stable state is bhaya, fear.

Sanskrit in this line

The quarters run 16, 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. Sweat, trembling, horripilation, stammering, fright, death, and change of color, in the fearful.