नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

462	THE NATYASASTRA	[ XXIV. 322-

322. When celestial women unite with human beings they are to assume all the States of a mortal.

323. When celestial women sustain a fall [from the heaven] due to a curse, they are to be united with human males and should be approached in a suitable manner.

324. [Remaining] invisible, she should tempt them with her voice and with [the scent of] flowers in her decoration and then revealing herself for a moment she should disappear¹.

325. Infatuation in a play grows out on coming to have dresses, ornaments, garlands [of Heroines] and letters [sent by them].

326. Love growing out infatuation will be pleasing, and that [love] which is natural will bring about different enjoyments.

327. Being reduced to human existence celestial males should assume all the States which are proper for men and should behave like them.

328. This should be the practice in connexion with kingly Etiquette in relation to the harem. The Etiquette in relation to the outsiders will be treated in rules regarding Courtezans (vaiśika).

Here ends Chapter XXIV of Bharata's Nāṭyaśāstra which treats of the Basic Representation

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322 (C.314; K.XXII 310).
323 (C.315; K.XXII.311).
324 (C.316; K.XXII.312). ¹ Read pralobhayet (pulo bhavet, K. °trāpi ya bhavet, C.).
325 (C.317; K.XXII.313).
326 (C.318; K.XXII.314).
327 (C.319; K.XXII.315).
328 (C.320; K.XXII.316).