नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

470 THE NATYASASTRA [ XXIV. 227-

The Courtezan

226. [In going down to her lover] the courtezan is to have her body beautifully decorated with various ornaments and to walk slowly in the company of her attendants and with [a display of] passion (samadanā) and joy¹.

The woman of high family

227. [And in such a situation] a woman of high family will cover her face with a veil, and walk timidly with her limbs contracted, and will [very often] look back¹.

The hand-maid

228. And [in the same situation] a hand-maid will walk with uneven steps (āviddhagati) and eyes beaming with amorous joy, and will talk distortedly through intoxication (madaskhalita-saṁlāpā).¹

How to meet a sleeping lover

229. If the beloved (lit. this one) is in bed and she finds him manifestly (suvyaktam) asleep she [should] awaken him in the manner I am going to mention¹.

230. A woman of high family is to awaken him by [the sound of] her ornaments, the courtezan by the sweet (lit. cool) scents and the handmaid by fanning the beloved one with her clothes¹.

231. [In this connexion] the scolding words of women friends are to be strong but sweet, and beautifully puctuated by sighs¹.

232. This is the rule of love making for women of high family and others, for the Nāṭaka is to represent all the States [in a Heroine]

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226 (K.XXII.213). ¹ Read 226 as samadanā prahṛṣṭā ca etc. Cf. NL.2580ff; BhP. p. 101, l. 4-10; SD. 117.

227 (K.XXII.214). ¹ Read 227a. as saṁlīnā sveṣu gātreṣu etc. Cf. NL.2576ff; BhP. p. 100, l. 19-22. SD. 117.

228 (C.XXXI.125a; K.XXII.215). ¹ Read 228a as madaskhalita-saṁlāpā etc. Cf. NL.2580ff; BhP, p. 101, l. 11-15.

229 (C.XXXI.125bc; K.XXII.216). ¹ Read 229a as स्यादयं शयितो जनो पश्यन् मुखं प्रियं सदा. Cf. BhP. p. 101, l. 16.

230 (C.XXXII.217). ¹ Cf. BhP. p. 101, l. 16-22.

231 (C.XXXI.126). ¹ It seems that one or two couplets have been lost before this. We give merely a tentative trans. of it.

232 (K.XXII.218).