Nāṭyaśāstra, rasa

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Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa

स्खलिताघूर्णितनयनः स्रस्तव्याकुलितबाहुविक्षेपः ।
कुटिलव्याविद्धगतिर्मध्यमदो मध्यमप्रकृतिः
skhalitāghūrṇitanayanaḥ srastavyākulitabāhuvikṣepaḥ |
kuṭilavyāviddhagatirmadhyamado madhyamaprakṛtiḥ

The line

The eye stumbling and rolling, the arms slack, disordered, thrown about, a gait crooked and uncontrolled: middle intoxication is of middle nature.

नेपालीमा

आँखा अल्झिने र घुम्ने, पाखुरा शिथिल, अस्तव्यस्त र फ्याँकिएका, चाल बाङ्गो र अनियन्त्रित भएको मध्यम मद मध्यम प्रकृतिको हो।

Where it sits

The middle degree.

Split: skhalitāghūrṇitanayanaḥ (स्खलिताघूर्णितनयनः) srastavyākulitabāhuvikṣepaḥ (स्रस्तव्याकुलितबाहुविक्षेपः) / kuṭilavyāviddhagatirmadhyamado (कुटिलव्याविद्धगतिर्मध्यमदो) madhyamaprakṛtiḥ (मध्यमप्रकृतिः)

Sanskrit, in depth

The words

WordGrammarSense
skhalitāghūrṇitanayanaḥ (स्खलिताघूर्णितनयनः)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.
srastavyākulitabāhuvikṣepaḥ (स्रस्तव्याकुलितबाहुविक्षेपः)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.
kuṭilavyāviddhagatirmadhyamado (कुटिलव्याविद्धगतिर्मध्यमदो)form in the lineas this verse uses the word.
madhyamaprakṛtiḥ (मध्यमप्रकृतिः)nominative singularas this verse uses the word.

Sanskrit in this line

The quarters run 20, 18 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 eye stumbling and rolling, the arms slack, disordered, thrown about, a gait crooked and uncontrolled: middle intoxication is of middle nature.