Nāṭyaśāstra, rasa

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Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa

स्तम्भः स्वेदश्च मोहश्च रोमाञ्चो विस्मयस्तथा ।
आवेगो जडता हर्षो मूर्छा चैवाद्भुताश्रयाः
stambhaḥ svedaśca mohaśca romāñco vismayastathā |
āvego jaḍatā harṣo mūrchā caivādbhutāśrayāḥ

The line

Paralysis, sweat, delusion, horripilation, wonder, agitation, torpor, joy, and stupor: resting on the wondrous.

नेपालीमा

स्तम्भ, पसिना, मोह, रोमाञ्च, आश्चर्य, क्षोभ, जडता, हर्ष र मूढता अद्भुतमा रहन्छन्।

Where it sits

Vismaya (विस्मय) is named inside the rasa (रस) of wonder, as anger was named inside the furious. Mūrchā (मूर्छा) is stupor, kin to the fainting of the sāttvika (सात्त्विक) list.

Split: stambhaḥ (स्तम्भः) svedaśca (स्वेदश्च) mohaśca (मोहश्च) romāñco (रोमाञ्चो) vismayastathā (विस्मयस्तथा) / āvego (आवेगो) jaḍatā (जडता) harṣo (हर्षो) mūrchā (मूर्छा) caivādbhutāśrayāḥ (चैवाद्भुताश्रयाः)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
stambhaḥ (स्तम्भः)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.
svedaśca (स्वेदश्च)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
mohaśca (मोहश्च)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
romāñco (रोमाञ्चो)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
vismayastathā (विस्मयस्तथा)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.
āvego (आवेगो)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
jaḍatā (जडता)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.
harṣo (हर्षो)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
mūrchā (मूर्छा)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.
caivādbhutāśrayāḥ (चैवाद्भुताश्रयाः)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. Paralysis, sweat, delusion, horripilation, wonder, agitation, torpor, joy, and stupor: resting on the wondrous.