नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

90 THE NATYASASTRA [ V. 106-

106-107. The Avakṛṣṭā Dhruvā is a song consisting of four feet of ten syllables of which the fourth, the fifth, the seventh and the eighth will be short.¹

The Benediction

107-108. Then the Director will recite in a medium (madhyama) tone the Benediction which should consist of eight or twelve feet (pāda).¹

108-109. (These are the specimens of Benediction) :

namo'stu sarvadevebhyo
dvijātibhyaḥ śubhaṃ tathā ।
jitaṃ somena vai rājñā
ārogyaṃ bhoga eva ca ॥

Tr. Salutation to all the gods. Blessed be the twice born class. May Soma the king attain victory as well as healthy life and [earthly] enjoyment.¹

109-110.

brahmottaraṃ tathaivāstu
hatā brahmadviṣas tathā ।
praśāstvimāṃ mahārājaḥ
pṛthivīm ca sasāgarām ॥

Tr. Let there be an advancement of the cause of the Brahmins, and let their enemies be killed, and let the great king rule this earth together with all the seas.

110-111.

rāṣṭraṃ pravardhatāṃ caiva
raṅgaś cāyam samṛdhyatām ।
prekṣākartur mahān dharmo
bhavatu brahmabhāvitaḥ ॥

Tr. Let this state prosper, and this theatre flourish and let

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106-107 (B.108). ¹ G. omits this.
107-108 (B 109, G.106). ¹ For different interpretations of pāda see Lévi, pp. 132-133, II. 25-26. Rāghavabhaṭṭa quotes from Ag. in his Śākuntalaṭīkā (p. 6) the following : पदानि श्लोकावयवभूतानि तिङन्तानि सुबन्तानि or श्लोकतुरीयां-शानि or अत्रान्तरपदानि वा and चाचार्य सामस्त्यान्तरवाक्यैव पदत्वम्. These passages do not occur in the published Abhinavabhāratī.
108-109 (B.110, G.107). ¹ See Lévi, p. 133.
109-110 (B.111, G.108). 110-111 (B.112, G.109).