7.59
Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa
लज्जानिगूढवदनो भूमिं विलिखन्नखांश्च विनिकृन्तन् ।
वस्त्राङ्गुलीयकानां संस्पर्शं व्रीडितः कुर्यात् lajjānigūḍhavadano bhūmiṃ vilikhannakhāṃśca vinikṛntan |
vastrāṅgulīyakānāṃ saṃsparśaṃ vrīḍitaḥ kuryāt
The line
The ashamed person, his face hidden by embarrassment, scratching the earth and cutting at his nails, would touch his clothes and his rings.
नेपालीमा
लज्जित व्यक्ति लज्जाले अनुहार लुकाएर जमिन कोतार्छ, नङ काट्छ, र आफ्नो लुगा तथा औंठी छुन्छ।
Where it sits
Face hidden, the ground scratched, the hands busy with cloth and rings.
Split: lajjānigūḍhavadano (लज्जानिगूढवदनो) bhūmiṃ (भूमिं) vilikhannakhāṃśca (विलिखन्नखांश्च) vinikṛntan (विनिकृन्तन्) / vastrāṅgulīyakānāṃ (वस्त्राङ्गुलीयकानां) saṃsparśaṃ (संस्पर्शं) vrīḍitaḥ (व्रीडितः) kuryāt (कुर्यात्)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| lajjānigūḍhavadano (लज्जानिगूढवदनो) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| bhūmiṃ (भूमिं) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| vilikhannakhāṃśca (विलिखन्नखांश्च) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| vinikṛntan (विनिकृन्तन्) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| vastrāṅgulīyakānāṃ (वस्त्राङ्गुलीयकानां) | form in the line | as this verse uses the word. |
| saṃsparśaṃ (संस्पर्शं) | nominative or accusative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| vrīḍitaḥ (व्रीडितः) | nominative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| kuryāt (कुर्यात्) | ablative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
Sanskrit in this line
The quarters run 20, 15 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 ashamed person, his face hidden by embarrassment, scratching the earth and cutting at his nails, would touch his clothes and his rings.