Nāṭyaśāstra, rasa

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Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa

चौर्यादिजनिता शङ्का प्रायः कार्या भयानके ।
प्रियव्यलीकजनिता तथा शृङ्गारिणी मता
cauryādijanitā śaṅkā prāyaḥ kāryā bhayānake |
priyavyalīkajanitā tathā śṛṅgāriṇī matā

The line

Anxiety produced from theft and the rest is mostly to be done in the fearful. The one produced by a transgression against a loved person is held to belong to the erotic.

नेपालीमा

चोरी र अरूबाट उत्पन्न शङ्का प्रायः भयमा गर्नुपर्छ। प्रिय जनविरुद्ध अपराधबाट उत्पन्न शङ्का शृङ्गारसँग सम्बन्धित मानिन्छ।

Where it sits

Śaṅkā (शङ्का) has two homes in this verse. The fearful gets the anxiety of a crime. The erotic gets the anxiety of an offense against the beloved. The prose says it is of the nature of doubt, and of women and the low.

Split: cauryādijanitā (चौर्यादिजनिता) śaṅkā (शङ्का) prāyaḥ (प्रायः) kāryā (कार्या) bhayānake (भयानके) / priyavyalīkajanitā (प्रियव्यलीकजनिता) tathā (तथा) śṛṅgāriṇī (शृङ्गारिणी) matā (मता)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
cauryādijanitā (चौर्यादिजनिता)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.
śaṅkā (शङ्का)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.
prāyaḥ (प्रायः)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.
kāryā (कार्या)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.
bhayānake (भयानके)locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominativethe fearful rasa. Its stable state is bhaya, fear.
priyavyalīkajanitā (प्रियव्यलीकजनिता)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.
tathā (तथा)indeclinableso, in that way.
śṛṅgāriṇī (शृङ्गारिणी)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.
matā (मता)nominative singularas 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. Anxiety produced from theft and the rest is mostly to be done in the fearful. The one produced by a transgression against a loved person is held to belong to the erotic.