नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

-XXXIV. 85 ] TYPES OF CHARACTERS 537

Judges

85-87. Those who know [well] about commerce and money, are intelligent, conversant with many departments of knowledge, impartial, followers of laws, able to discriminate between good and bad deeds, forbearing, self-controlled, overcome anger, and have the same respect for all people, are to be appointed as judges (prāḍvivāka) by kings¹.

Courtiers

87-90. The members of the court (sabhāstāra) should be appointed after consulting the views of Bṛhaspati¹ who thinks that the following are the qualities required for this office : they should be always ready for work, alert, free from indolence, undaunted by hard work, affectionate, forbearing, modest, impartial, skillful, trained in polity and good manners, deeply conversant with the art of agrumentation and all other branches of knowledge, and not affected by sexual passion and the like.

Next I shall tell you about the rules regarding the distribution roles in a drama.

Here ends Chapter XXXIV of Bharata's Nāṭyaśāstra, which treats of the Types of Different Characters.

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85-87 (C.75-76; K XXIV.70b-72a). ¹ The def. of the warden of the princes (kumārādhikṛta) expected here seems to be lost. See above 76-77.

87-90 (C.77-79; K.XXIV.72b-73, 74b, 75a). ¹ Read 89a, as विप्रैश्चापि कर्मज्ञैः सभास्तारादि कल्पनम (cāpadhuryam- K. for cāpi karmajñaiḥ, K. °rādikaithanam; K. for °ravikalpanam, C.).