7.73
Nāṭyaśāstra (नाट्यशास्त्र), rasa
भूतपिशाचग्रहणानुस्मरणोच्छिष्टशून्यगृहगमनात् ।
कालान्तरातिपातादशुचेश्चभवत्यपस्मारः bhūtapiśācagrahaṇānusmaraṇocchiṣṭaśūnyagṛhagamanāt |
kālāntarātipātādaśuceścabhavatyapasmāraḥ
The line
From seizure by a spirit or a piśāca (पिशाच), from remembering, from going to a house of leftovers and emptiness, from the passing of a time, and from what is impure, epilepsy comes to be.
नेपालीमा
भूत वा पिशाचले समात्नु, सम्झना, जुठो र रित्तो घरमा जानु, समय बित्नु र अपवित्र कुराबाट अपस्मार उत्पन्न हुन्छ।
Where it sits
Apasmāra (अपस्मार). The prose adds seizure by a god, a yakṣa (यक्ष), a snake, Brahmā (ब्रह्मा), a rākṣas (राक्ष), a bhūta (भूत), and a preta (प्रेत). The verse keeps spirit, piśāca (पिशाच), memory, an impure empty house, and a bad time.
Split: bhūtapiśācagrahaṇānusmaraṇocchiṣṭaśūnyagṛhagamanāt (भूतपिशाचग्रहणानुस्मरणोच्छिष्टशून्यगृहगमनात्) / kālāntarātipātādaśuceścabhavatyapasmāraḥ (कालान्तरातिपातादशुचेश्चभवत्यपस्मारः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bhūtapiśācagrahaṇānusmaraṇocchiṣṭaśūnyagṛhagamanāt (भूतपिशाचग्रहणानुस्मरणोच्छिष्टशून्यगृहगमनात्) | ablative singular | as this verse uses the word. |
| kālāntarātipātādaśuceścabhavatyapasmāraḥ (कालान्तरातिपातादशुचेश्चभवत्यपस्मारः) | 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. From seizure by a spirit or a piśāca (पिशाच), from remembering, from going to a house of leftovers and emptiness, from the passing of a time, and from what is impure, epilepsy comes to be.