नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

540 THE NATYASASTRA [ XXXV. 18-

expressionless (lit. motionless) eyes¹, one eye blind², small chin and low nose, ugly raiments, evil nature, deformed body and are born of slaves should be employed in the role of slaves (dāsa).

The role of fatigued persons

18. A person who is naturally thin, should be employed in a play (lit. there)¹ to represent the tired characters.

The role of persons without disease

A fat person should be employed to represent the persons without any disease².

Special cases of assigning roles

19. If, however, such persons are not available the Director (lit. the master) should exercise discretion to employ [some one] after a consideration of the latter's nature and movement as well as the States [to be represented].

20. Such persons' natural movements whether good, bad or middling should be regulated by a contact with the Director (lit. the master)¹ and then they will properly represent [all] the States².

21. In other cases too similar dramatic convention has been prescribed, and roles should be assigned to persons after considering their native place (deśa) and costume (veśa).

The role of characters with extra or special limbs

22-23. In case of characters which have many arms, many heads, and uncouth faces, and faces of animals including beasts of prey¹, asses², camels, horses and like, the Director (lit. the

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¹ Read viṣṭabdhanetram for niṣṭabdhanetram, K. visṛṣṭnetaram., C.
² kāṇākṣam, K. (kāryāṇām, C.).
18 (C.4b-5a; K.18). ¹ tatra śrānteṣu, C. tapa(ḥ)śrānte K.
² hyarogeṣu pra°, C. °mupayogeṣu, K. 19 (C.5b-6a; K. 19).
20 (C.6b-7b; K.20ab.). ¹ tathā cāryayogena. K. (tathā cānyayo- gena, C.).
² C. 6b and 7a seem to be variant of each other. See K. 20a which we accept. 21 (C. 8). ¹ K. omits this.
22-23 (C.9-10; K.XXVI.13b-15a). ¹ śvāpadavaktraś ca, K. śvā- padasiṃhaś ca, C.
² kharoṣṭrāśvānanās tathā K. khasoṣṭra vāraṇās tathā, C.
. 24 (C.11; K.XXVI.15b-16a).