नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

.VII. 20 ] THE EMOTIONAL AND OTHER STATES 123

15. Anger is of five kinds, viz., anger caused by enemies, superior persons, lovers, servants, and feigned anger.

On this point there are traditional Āryās :

16. One should show anger against resistance by the enemy with knitting of eyebrows, fierce look, bitten lips, hands clasping each other, and touching one's own head and breast.

17. One should show anger against control by superiors with slightly downcast eyes, wiping off slight perspiration and not expressing any violent movement.

18. One should show one's anger to the beloved woman by a very slight movement [of the body], by shedding tears, and knitting eyebrows and with sidelong glances, and throbbing lips.

19. Anger to one's servants should be represented on the stage by means of threat, rebuke, dilating the eyes and casting contemptuous looks of various kinds.

20. Anger which is artificially shown with a view to the realisation of an ulterior motive and which mostly betrays marks of effort is called feigned anger, and it relates to two¹ Sentiments.

Energy

Energy (utsāha) relates to persons of the superior type. It is caused by Determinants such as absence of sadness, power, patience, heroism and the like. It is to be represented on the stage by Consequents such as steadiness², munificence, boldness of an undertaking, and the like.

On this point there is a Śloka :

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15 (B.24, G.omits). 16 (B.26, G.15). 17 (B.27, G.16).
18 (B.28, G.17). 19 (B.29, G.18).
20 (B.30-31, G.19). ¹ ubhayarasa (dvirasa, G.).
² Omit dhairya after sthairya.
21 (B.32-33, G.20). ¹ Omit śvāpada before śūnya.
² Omit kāntāra before durdina.