Nāṭyaśāstra, rasa

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Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa

अपस्मारस्तथोन्मादो विषादो मद एव च ।
मृत्युर्व्याधिर्भयं चैव भावा बीभत्ससंश्रयाः
apasmārastathonmādo viṣādo mada eva ca |
mṛtyurvyādhirbhayaṃ caiva bhāvā bībhatsasaṃśrayāḥ

The line

Epilepsy, madness, despair, intoxication, death, sickness, and fear: states resting on the disgusting.

नेपालीमा

अपस्मार, उन्माद, निराशा, मद, मृत्यु, रोग र भय बीभत्समा रहेका अवस्था हुन्।

Where it sits

The retinue of bībhatsa (बीभत्स).

Split: apasmārastathonmādo (अपस्मारस्तथोन्मादो) viṣādo (विषादो) mada (मद) eva (एव) ca (च) / mṛtyurvyādhirbhayaṃ (मृत्युर्व्याधिर्भयं) caiva (चैव) bhāvā (भावा) bībhatsasaṃśrayāḥ (बीभत्ससंश्रयाः)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
apasmārastathonmādo (अपस्मारस्तथोन्मादो)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
viṣādo (विषादो)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
mada (मद)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
eva (एव)indeclinablejust, the same.
ca (च)indeclinableand.
mṛtyurvyādhirbhayaṃ (मृत्युर्व्याधिर्भयं)nominative or accusative singularas this verse uses the word.
caiva (चैव)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
bhāvā (भावा)nominative singulara bhāva (भाव), a state.
bībhatsasaṃśrayāḥ (बीभत्ससंश्रयाः)nominative pluralas 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. Epilepsy, madness, despair, intoxication, death, sickness, and fear: states resting on the disgusting.