Ramayana
वादयन्ति तथा शान्तिं लास यन्त्यपि चापरे । नाटकान्यपरे प्राहुर्हास्यानि विविधानि च ॥ २-६९-४
In order to provide mental peace to Bharata, some played stringed instruments while some enacted dramatic scenes, some danced and cracked various kinds of jokes. ॥ 2-69-4॥
english translation
vAdayanti tathA zAntiM lAsa yantyapi cApare । nATakAnyapare prAhurhAsyAni vividhAni ca ॥ 2-69-4
hk transliteration by Sanscript