Natyashastra

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अथ हास्यो नाम हासस्थायिभावात्मकः । स च विकृतपरवेषालङ्कारधार्ष्ट्यलौल्यकुहकासत्प्रलापव्यङ्गदर्शन- दोषोदाहरणादिभिर्विभावैरुत्पद्यते । तस्योष्ठनासाकपोलस्पन्दन- दृष्टिव्याकोशाकुञ्चनस्वेदास्यरागपार्श्वग्रहणादिभिरनुभावैरभिनयः प्रयोक्तव्यः । व्यभिचारिणश्चास्यावहित्थालस्यतन्द्रानिद्रास्वप्नप्रबोधादयः । द्विविधश्चायमात्मस्थः परस्थश्च । यदा स्वयं हसति तदाऽत्मस्थः । यदा तु परं हासयति तदा परस्थः । अत्रानुवंश्ये आर्ये भवतः । विपरितालङ्कारैर्विकृताचराभिधानवेषैश्च । विकृतैरर्थविशेषैर्हसतीति रसः स्मृतो हास्यः ॥ १॥

sanskrit

The Comic Sentiment (hāsya) is the Psychological State based on laughter. It arises from determinants such as distorted or inappropriate attire, ornaments, audacity, greed, trickery, foolish speech, exaggerated gestures, and other similar faults or examples. The consequent expressions of this sentiment include movements like the trembling of the lips, nose, and cheeks, squinting or widening of the eyes, perspiration, blushing, grasping the side, and similar signs. These are the expressions to be used in acting. The supplementary emotions related to this sentiment include indolence, lethargy, sleepiness, drowsiness, and other related conditions. The Comic Sentiment exists in two forms: self-centred and other-centred. When a person laughs himself, it is termed self-centred, but when he causes others to laugh, it is termed other-centred. This is explained in the following verse: "With inverted ornaments, distorted actions, and inappropriate attire, a person who laughs expresses the Comic Sentiment."

english translation

atha hAsyo nAma hAsasthAyibhAvAtmakaH | sa ca vikRtaparaveSAlaGkAradhArSTyalaulyakuhakAsatpralApavyaGgadarzana- doSodAharaNAdibhirvibhAvairutpadyate | tasyoSThanAsAkapolaspandana- dRSTivyAkozAkuJcanasvedAsyarAgapArzvagrahaNAdibhiranubhAvairabhinayaH prayoktavyaH | vyabhicAriNazcAsyAvahitthAlasyatandrAnidrAsvapnaprabodhAdayaH | dvividhazcAyamAtmasthaH parasthazca | yadA svayaM hasati tadA'tmasthaH | yadA tu paraM hAsayati tadA parasthaH | atrAnuvaMzye Arye bhavataH | viparitAlaGkArairvikRtAcarAbhidhAnaveSaizca | vikRtairarthavizeSairhasatIti rasaH smRto hAsyaH || 1||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/natyashastra/6/2/1

अथ हास्यो नाम हासस्थायिभावात्मकः । स च विकृतपरवेषालङ्कारधार्ष्ट्यलौल्यकुहकासत्प्रलापव्यङ्गदर्शन- दोषोदाहरणादिभिर्विभावैरुत्पद्यते । तस्योष्ठनासाकपोलस्पन्दन- दृष्टिव्याकोशाकुञ्चनस्वेदास्यरागपार्श्वग्रहणादिभिरनुभावैरभिनयः प्रयोक्तव्यः । व्यभिचारिणश्चास्यावहित्थालस्यतन्द्रानिद्रास्वप्नप्रबोधादयः । द्विविधश्चायमात्मस्थः परस्थश्च । यदा स्वयं हसति तदाऽत्मस्थः । यदा तु परं हासयति तदा परस्थः । अत्रानुवंश्ये आर्ये भवतः । विपरितालङ्कारैर्विकृताचराभिधानवेषैश्च । विकृतैरर्थविशेषैर्हसतीति रसः स्मृतो हास्यः ॥ १॥

sanskrit

The Comic Sentiment (hāsya) is the Psychological State based on laughter. It arises from determinants such as distorted or inappropriate attire, ornaments, audacity, greed, trickery, foolish speech, exaggerated gestures, and other similar faults or examples. The consequent expressions of this sentiment include movements like the trembling of the lips, nose, and cheeks, squinting or widening of the eyes, perspiration, blushing, grasping the side, and similar signs. These are the expressions to be used in acting. The supplementary emotions related to this sentiment include indolence, lethargy, sleepiness, drowsiness, and other related conditions. The Comic Sentiment exists in two forms: self-centred and other-centred. When a person laughs himself, it is termed self-centred, but when he causes others to laugh, it is termed other-centred. This is explained in the following verse: "With inverted ornaments, distorted actions, and inappropriate attire, a person who laughs expresses the Comic Sentiment."

english translation

atha hAsyo nAma hAsasthAyibhAvAtmakaH | sa ca vikRtaparaveSAlaGkAradhArSTyalaulyakuhakAsatpralApavyaGgadarzana- doSodAharaNAdibhirvibhAvairutpadyate | tasyoSThanAsAkapolaspandana- dRSTivyAkozAkuJcanasvedAsyarAgapArzvagrahaNAdibhiranubhAvairabhinayaH prayoktavyaH | vyabhicAriNazcAsyAvahitthAlasyatandrAnidrAsvapnaprabodhAdayaH | dvividhazcAyamAtmasthaH parasthazca | yadA svayaM hasati tadA'tmasthaH | yadA tu paraM hAsayati tadA parasthaH | atrAnuvaMzye Arye bhavataH | viparitAlaGkArairvikRtAcarAbhidhAnaveSaizca | vikRtairarthavizeSairhasatIti rasaH smRto hAsyaH || 1||

hk transliteration