Nāṭyaśāstra, rasa

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7.35

Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa

किञ्चित्प्रवेपिताङ्गस्त्वधोमुखो वीक्षते च पार्श्वानि ।
गुरुसज्जमानजिह्वः श्यामास्यः शङ्कितः पुरुषः
kiñcitpravepitāṅgastvadhomukho vīkṣate ca pārśvāni |
gurusajjamānajihvaḥ śyāmāsyaḥ śaṅkitaḥ puruṣaḥ

The line

The limbs trembling a little, the face down, and he looks to the sides, the tongue stumbling heavily, the face dark: the anxious man.

नेपालीमा

अङ्ग अलिकति कामेको, अनुहार झुकेको, छेउतिर हेर्ने, जिब्रो भारी गरी अल्झिएको र अनुहार अँध्यारो भएको मानिस शङ्कालु हो।

Where it sits

The picture of śaṅkā (शङ्का).

Split: kiñcitpravepitāṅgastvadhomukho (किञ्चित्प्रवेपिताङ्गस्त्वधोमुखो) vīkṣate (वीक्षते) ca (च) pārśvāni (पार्श्वानि) / gurusajjamānajihvaḥ (गुरुसज्जमानजिह्वः) śyāmāsyaḥ (श्यामास्यः) śaṅkitaḥ (शङ्कितः) puruṣaḥ (पुरुषः)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
kiñcitpravepitāṅgastvadhomukho (किञ्चित्प्रवेपिताङ्गस्त्वधोमुखो)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
vīkṣate (वीक्षते)locative singular, or a sandhi of the nominativeas this verse uses the word.
ca (च)indeclinableand.
pārśvāni (पार्श्वानि)nominative or accusative plural, neuteras this verse uses the word.
gurusajjamānajihvaḥ (गुरुसज्जमानजिह्वः)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.
śyāmāsyaḥ (श्यामास्यः)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.
śaṅkitaḥ (शङ्कितः)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.
puruṣaḥ (पुरुषः)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.

Sanskrit in this line

The quarters run 18, 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. The limbs trembling a little, the face down, and he looks to the sides, the tongue stumbling heavily, the face dark: the anxious man.