7.38
Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa
ज्ञेयस्तु मदस्त्रिविधस्तरुणो मध्यस्तथावकृष्टश्च ।
करणं पञ्चविधं स्यात्तस्याभिनयः प्रयोक्तव्यः jñeyastu madastrividhastaruṇo madhyastathāvakṛṣṭaśca |
karaṇaṃ pañcavidhaṃ syāttasyābhinayaḥ prayoktavyaḥ
The line
Intoxication is to be known as threefold: the young, the middle, and the drawn-down. Its means would be fivefold. Its acting is to be performed.
नेपालीमा
मद तरुण, मध्यम र तल झरेको गरी तीन प्रकारको जान्नुपर्छ, र यसको उपाय पाँच प्रकारको हुन्छ। यसको अभिनय गर्नुपर्छ।
Where it sits
Mada (मद). Three degrees, matching the three natures. The prose and 7.39 show what the drunk person does. The five means are not listed in the verse.
Split: jñeyastu (ज्ञेयस्तु) madastrividhastaruṇo (मदस्त्रिविधस्तरुणो) madhyastathāvakṛṣṭaśca (मध्यस्तथावकृष्टश्च) / karaṇaṃ (करणं) pañcavidhaṃ (पञ्चविधं) syāttasyābhinayaḥ (स्यात्तस्याभिनयः) prayoktavyaḥ (प्रयोक्तव्यः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| jñeyastu (ज्ञेयस्तु) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| madastrividhastaruṇo (मदस्त्रिविधस्तरुणो) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| madhyastathāvakṛṣṭaśca (मध्यस्तथावकृष्टश्च) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| karaṇaṃ (करणं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| pañcavidhaṃ (पञ्चविधं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| syāttasyābhinayaḥ (स्यात्तस्याभिनयः) | 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 19, 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. Intoxication is to be known as threefold: the young, the middle, and the drawn-down. Its means would be fivefold. Its acting is to be performed.