नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

204 THE NĀṬYAŚĀSTRA [ XI. 75-

75-79. Bhārata : Putting forward the shield with the left hand and taking the sword (lit. weapon) the actor should walk about on the stage. Stretching the hand forward fully and then drawing it back he should move the shield at his back from side to side and flourish the sword (lit. weapon) around his head, and it should also be turned round [about the wrist] near the cheek. And again the hands holding the sword and the shield should be flourished gracefully around the head.

80-81. Sāttvata : I shall now speak of walking about in the Sāttvata Nyāya. In it the same flourishing (i.e. as in Bhārata) of the sword and the shield holds good, but this (the flourishing of the weapon) should take place at one's back.

81-82. Vārṣagaṇya . The walking about in the Vārṣagaṇya Nyāya will be similar to that in the Sāttvata, and the sword (lit. weapon) and the shield also should be flourished similarly, but these should go round the head.

83-84. Kaiśika : The flourishing of the sword (lit. weapon) near the breast or the shoulder which is to take place in the Bhārata [Nyāya] will hold good in case of the Kaiśika. But [in the latter] the sword (lit. weapon) should be made to strike only after being flourished over the head.

84-85. With these graceful movements of the limbs weapons like the bow, the thunderbolt and the sword are to be flourished at the time of their use.

85-87. In the stage-fight there should be no [actual] piercing, cutting or flow of blood and the actual striking. The use of weapons (lit. release of missiles) should be done with its mimicry, or the cutting off [of any one's limb] should be represented, according rules, by the use of gestures and postures only.

78-88. The exercise should be performed in the Aṅgahāras

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76-79 (B.X.76-80, G.76-80). 80-81 (B.X.81-82, G.80-81).
81-82 (B.X.82-83, G.82-83) 83-84 (B.X.84-85, G.83-84).
84-85 (B.X.85-86, G.85). 85-87 (B.X.76-88, G.76-87).
•87-88 (B.X.88-89, G.88). ¹ B.G. read one additional couplet after this.