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Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa
नानाभावार्थसंपन्नाः स्थायिसत्त्वाभिचारिणः ।
पुष्पावकीर्णाः कर्तव्याः काव्येषु हि रसा बुधैः nānābhāvārthasaṃpannāḥ sthāyisattvābhicāriṇaḥ |
puṣpāvakīrṇāḥ kartavyāḥ kāvyeṣu hi rasā budhaiḥ
The line
The rasa (रस) states in poems are to be made by the wise possessed of many states and meanings, the stable, the sattva (सत्त्व)-born, and the passing, strewn with flowers.
नेपालीमा
काव्यका रस अवस्था अनेक अवस्था र अर्थले युक्त विज्ञले बनाउनुपर्छ, स्थायी, सत्त्वबाट जन्मेका र व्यभिचारी, फूलले छरिएका।
Where it sits
The image is a ground strewn with flowers. The three kinds of state are the flowers. The poem is where they are strewn.
Split: nānābhāvārthasaṃpannāḥ (नानाभावार्थसंपन्नाः) sthāyisattvābhicāriṇaḥ (स्थायिसत्त्वाभिचारिणः) / puṣpāvakīrṇāḥ (पुष्पावकीर्णाः) kartavyāḥ (कर्तव्याः) kāvyeṣu (काव्येषु) hi (हि) rasā (रसा) budhaiḥ (बुधैः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| nānābhāvārthasaṃpannāḥ (नानाभावार्थसंपन्नाः) | nominative plural | as this verse uses the word. |
| sthāyisattvābhicāriṇaḥ (स्थायिसत्त्वाभिचारिणः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| puṣpāvakīrṇāḥ (पुष्पावकीर्णाः) | nominative plural | as this verse uses the word. |
| kartavyāḥ (कर्तव्याः) | nominative plural | as this verse uses the word. |
| kāvyeṣu (काव्येषु) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| hi (हि) | indeclinable | indeed. |
| rasā (रसा) | nominative singular | a rasa, a taste. In this book, what the spectator tastes. |
| budhaiḥ (बुधैः) | nominative singular | 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. The rasa (रस) states in poems are to be made by the wise possessed of many states and meanings, the stable, the sattva (सत्त्व)-born, and the passing, strewn with flowers.