नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

.XXI. 55 ] THE LIMBS OF THE JUNCTURES 387

Subjuncture

48-50. The twentyone Sub-junctures are as follows¹ : Conciliation (sāma), Dissention (bheda), Making Gifts (pradāna), Chastisement (daṇḍa), Killing (vadha), Presence of Mind (pratyutpannamatitva), Blunder in Addressing (gotra-skhalita), Rashness (sāhasa), Terror (bhaya), Intelligence (dhī), Deceit (māyā), Anger (krodha), Strength (ojas), Concealment (saṃvaraṇa), Error (bhrānti), Ascertainment (avadhāraṇa)², Messenger (dūta), Letter (lekha), Dream (svapna), Portrait (citra) and Intoxication (mada).

Alternative Junctures

51 The events of the Junctures in their respective parts (pradeśa)¹ will in due order support those Limbs [of the Junctures] by means of their own qualities.

The sixfold needs of the Limbs of the Junctures

52-53. Expressing¹ the desired object, non-omission of any essential item in the Plot, accession to feeling in production, concealment of the objects to be concealed, telling tales of surprise² and disclosing things to be disclosed are the sixfold needs of the Limbs described in the Śāstra³.

Uses of the Limbs of the Junctures

54. Just as a man without all his limbs are unable to fight a battle, so a play without the Limbs will be unfit for [successful] production¹.

55. A play (lit. a poem) though it may be poor as regards its theme (lit. meaning) will, when furnished with requisite Limbs, attain beauty because of the brilliance of its production.

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48-50 (C.49-51; K.XIX.191b, 103b). ¹ NL. 925ff. seems to give this passage more correctly with slight variation. The Sub-junctures (sandhināṃ sandhi) are to be distinguished from the Secondary Junctures (anubandha=anusandhi. DR. III.26 mentioned in 28 before.
² Read bhavah for vadhaḥ.
51 (C.52; K.XIX.47). ¹ Pradeśa seems to signify Sub-juncture (sandhīnām sandhi) discussed in 50 above. See NL. 923.
52-53 (C.53-54; K.XIX.48-49). ¹ Read vacanam for racanā.
² Emend āścaryavad abhikhyātam into āścaryavad abhikhyānam.
³ Cf. DR. I. 55; SD.407ff.
54 (C.55; K.XIX.49a, 50a). ¹ Cf. SD. 407ff.
55 (C.56; K.XIX.50a, 51a).