नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

CHAPTER TWENTYSEVEN

SUCCESS IN DRAMATIC PRODUTION

1. I shall now describe the features of the two kinds of Success (siddhi) relating to the drama. For the production of a drama is wholly meant for (lit. based on) attaining the Success in it¹.

The two kinds of Success

2. The Success [in the dramatic production] which arises from Words, Temperament and Gestures and which relates to various States and Sentiments is of two kinds : divine (daivikī), and human (mānuṣī)¹.

The human Success

3. [Of these two] the human [Success] has ten features, and the divine [Success] two; and they (i. e. such features) consist [mostly] of various Temperaments expressed vocally (vāṅmayī) and physically (śārīrī).

The vocal Success

4. Slight Smile (smita)², Smile (ardhahāsa)¹ and Excessive Laughter (atihāsa)³, 'well-done' (sādhu), 'how wonderful' (aho), 'how pathetic' (kaṣṭam), and tumultuous applause (pravṛddhanāda, swelling uproar) are the signs of the Success expressed vocally (vāṅmayī).

The physical Success

5. Joy expressed in horripilation (saromañca-pulaka), the rising up from the seat (abhyutthāna), and the giving away¹

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1 (C. K. same). ¹ This chapter discusses the appreciation of theatrical productions by spectators who include persons of various types possessessing different psychological and cultural traits.

2 (C. K. same). ¹ vāk-sattvāṅga. These three constitute the Basic Representation. See NŚ. XXIV. 3 (C. K. same).

4 (C K. same). ¹ See NŚ. VI. 52.

² The ardhahāsa seems to be the same as hasita, smile; see note 1 above. ³ See note 1 above.

5 (C. K. same). ¹ The age-long custom in India was that the wealthy among the spectators on being very highly pleased with a dramatic performance did at once' take out from their own body the