7.37
Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa
भ्रुकुटिकुटिलोत्कटमुखैः सेर्ष्याक्रोधपरिवृत्तनेत्रैश्च ।
गुणनाशनविद्वेषैस्तत्राभिनयः प्रयोक्तव्यः bhrukuṭikuṭilotkaṭamukhaiḥ serṣyākrodhaparivṛttanetraiśca |
guṇanāśanavidveṣaistatrābhinayaḥ prayoktavyaḥ
The line
By faces fierce with a crooked brow, by eyes turned with envious anger, by the destruction of virtues and by hatred: there its acting is to be performed.
नेपालीमा
बाङ्गो भौंले उग्र अनुहार, असूयायुक्त क्रोधले फर्केका आँखा, गुणको नाश र द्वेषबाट त्यहाँ यसको अभिनय गर्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
Brow, eye, and the spoiling of someone else's good.
Split: bhrukuṭikuṭilotkaṭamukhaiḥ (भ्रुकुटिकुटिलोत्कटमुखैः) serṣyākrodhaparivṛttanetraiśca (सेर्ष्याक्रोधपरिवृत्तनेत्रैश्च) / guṇanāśanavidveṣaistatrābhinayaḥ (गुणनाशनविद्वेषैस्तत्राभिनयः) prayoktavyaḥ (प्रयोक्तव्यः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhrukuṭikuṭilotkaṭamukhaiḥ (भ्रुकुटिकुटिलोत्कटमुखैः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| serṣyākrodhaparivṛttanetraiśca (सेर्ष्याक्रोधपरिवृत्तनेत्रैश्च) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| guṇanāśanavidveṣaistatrābhinayaḥ (गुणनाशनविद्वेषैस्तत्राभिनयः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| prayoktavyaḥ (प्रयोक्तव्यः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 21, 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. By faces fierce with a crooked brow, by eyes turned with envious anger, by the destruction of virtues and by hatred: there its acting is to be performed.