Natyashastra
आज्ञापितो विदित्वाऽहं नाट्यवेदं पितामहात् । पुत्रानध्यापयामास प्रयोगं चापि तत्त्वतः ॥ २५॥
Thus ordered I learnt the Nāṭyaveda from Brahmā and made my able sons study it as also ॥ learn॥ its proper application.
english translation
AjJApito viditvA'haM nATyavedaM pitAmahAt । putrAnadhyApayAmAsa prayogaM cApi tattvataH ॥ 25॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript