नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

.XXIV. 194] THE BASIC REPRESENTATION [465

187. To represent Sickness the eighth stage, one is to show that the heart becomes paralysed, the body is in fever, the head aches badly, and one does not have any tranquility¹.

Stupor

188. In Stupor (jaḍatā) one does not respond when questioned, and does not hear or see [anything]. It is a pathetic condition in which one's mind is deranged¹.

189. To represent Stupor one is to utter response (huṃ) on the wrong occasion, and is to have one's limbs relaxed and the mouth given to excessive breathing (lit. swallowed by breathing)¹.

Death

190. If even after adopting all the means [available for the purpose] the Union [with the beloved] does not take place, then burnt in the fire of love one's Death (maraṇa) takes place¹.

191. Thus in case of her meeting (lit. getting) the beloved, one should represent, according to the Science of Erotics (kāmatantra), for the Heroine all the stages of love except the last one¹.

Manifestation of men's love

192. Even a man separated from his beloved one will thus make a manifestation of his love in diverse ways through different States¹.

Characteristics of love

193. One should represent men as well as women who are expressing these stages of love by bringing in their common characteristics [in particular stages]¹.

Women separated from the beloved one

194-196. All the stages of love should be represented in diverse ways by anxiety, sighs, lassitude, weariness of the body, and

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187 (C XXXI.86; K.XXII. 172). ¹ Cf. BhP. p. 90, l. 19-22.
188 (C.XXXI.87; K.XXII. 173). ¹ Cf. NL.2499ff; BhP, p 91, l. 1-6.
189 (C XXXI.88, K.XXII.174). ¹ See above 188 note.
190 (C.XXXI.89; K.XXII.175). ¹ Cf. NL.2505ff. BhP. p. 91, l. 7-8.
191 (C.XXXI. 90; K.XXII.176). ¹ Cf. NL.2510ff. BhP. p.91, l. 9-10.
192 (C.XXXI.91; K.XXII.177). ¹ See above 182 note.
193 (C.XXXI.92; K.XXII.178). ¹ K. reads after this two additional (XXII.179-180) couplets.
194-196 (C.XXXI.93-95; K.XXII.181-183).
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