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विकीर्णवसना चैव तथा भूगतलोचना । प्रासादद्रुमशैलेषु नदीनिम्नोन्नतेषु च ॥ ९६॥

Wearing disheveled clothes and with eyes cast downward, [One should enact the gait] on palaces, trees, hills, and by rivers—both at the lower and higher places.

english translation

vikIrNavasanA caiva tathA bhUgatalocanA | prAsAdadrumazaileSu nadInimnonnateSu ca || 96||

siva.sh/natyashastra/12/97

आरोहणावतरणं च कार्यमर्थवशाद्बुधैः । प्रासादारोहणं कार्यं अतिक्रान्तैः पदैरथ ॥ ९७॥

Ascending and descending should be performed by the wise according to the context. Ascending the stairs of a palace should be done with steps of the Atikrāntā Cārī.

english translation

ArohaNAvataraNaM ca kAryamarthavazAdbudhaiH | prAsAdArohaNaM kAryaM atikrAntaiH padairatha || 97||

siva.sh/natyashastra/12/98

उद्वाह्य गात्रं पादं च सोपाने निक्षिपेन्नरः । तथावतरणं चैव गात्रमानम्य रेचयेत् ॥ ९८॥

A person should raise the body and foot, and place the foot on the stair; Likewise, descending should be done by gradually lowering the body and foot in a proper manner.

english translation

udvAhya gAtraM pAdaM ca sopAne nikSipennaraH | tathAvataraNaM caiva gAtramAnamya recayet || 98||

siva.sh/natyashastra/12/99

प्रासादे यन्मया प्रोक्तः प्रतारः केवलो भवेत् । किञ्चिन्नताग्रकाया तु प्रतारे गतिरिष्यते ॥ ९९॥

The platform (prāsāda) I have described is only a single step; But for a step of greater height, a different gait should be used on the platform.

english translation

prAsAde yanmayA proktaH pratAraH kevalo bhavet | kiJcinnatAgrakAyA tu pratAre gatiriSyate || 99||

siva.sh/natyashastra/12/100

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जलप्रमाणापेक्षा तु जलमध्ये गतिर्भवेत् । तोयेऽल्पे वसनोत्कर्षः प्राज्ये पाणिविकर्षणैः ॥ १००॥

The gait in water should be proportionate to the depth of the water. When the water is shallow, the movement of the limbs is more pronounced, accompanied by the pulling of the hands and feet.

english translation

jalapramANApekSA tu jalamadhye gatirbhavet | toye'lpe vasanotkarSaH prAjye pANivikarSaNaiH || 100||