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SAHRDAYĀLOKA The verse prior to this (N.S. I. 16) reads as -
"evam samkalpya bhagavān sarva-vedān anusmaran, nātyavedam tataś cakre
catur-vedánga-sambhavam.” (N.S. I. 16) Abhinavagupta (pp. 14, A.bh. on N.S., G.O.S., Edn. Vol. I., 2nd Edn. '56) explains :
evam samkalpya iti - samkalpa-vyāpāra evā’yam buddhyā vedángaikīkāralaksaņo brahmano nātya-vedotpādanam. nanu vedasmaranena tatra katham hetutā labdhā. āha. caturvedánga-sambhavam, iti. catvāro vedāḥ. angānām pāthyā”dīnām sambhavo yasya. sambhavaty asmād iti sambhavaḥ. ata eva vedacatustayam api yatrángāni praty upakaranībhūtam iti (sa tathóktaḥ) (14-16).
On this, read Madhusudani (Sansk. Comm. by Madhusudana Shastri, pp. 57, Edn. B.H.U. Varanasi, '71) - (Madhusudani covers the N.S., as well as the Abhinavathārati on it. We have quoted the A.bh. on N.S. I. 16. read Madhusudani on it as below.) : (pp. 57, ibid)
"nanu ity anena sarvavedān anusmaran nātyavedam cakre" ity uktam smaranam tatra nātya-veda-karane katham hetur iti sammayitum āśankya samā’dhatte - "āha” iti. iha patha dhātau uktam vyaktatvam. višesaprakāreņa vaktuḥ kathanecchā prayuktasya svasya pāțhyasya arthárpane arthabodhane kşamatvam samarthanam.
kākv adhyāye svarāḥ sapta, alamkārāḥ șat. ādigrahaņād dvividhā kākuḥ. sad angāni. tasyā prayojanena tādrśa-kşamatvam bhavati iti hetoh tayā sāmagryā upaskstam śobhitam pāțhyam kathyate.
tac ca pāțhyam ca nāțye prādhānyāt caturbhyo vedebhyo nātya-vedasya nirmāṇasamaye prathamam upāttam.
"caturvedánga-sambhavam" iti. catvāro vedāḥ. angānām sambhava utpattisthānam yasya iti caturvedánga-sambhavaḥtam. ||16|1.
A.bh. on N.S. I. 17 (pp. 14, 15, 16, Edn. G.O.S., ibid) reads as :
kutrā’nge kasya vedasya upayoga iti darśayati - "jagrāha pāthyam rgvedād iti. iha patha vyaktāyām vāci uktam vyaktatvam vivaksā-visistasvārthárpanaksamatvam. tac ca kakva-dhyāy avaksyamānasvarā'lamkārādi-sāmagri-yojanena bhavati iti tayópaskstam pāțhyam ucyate. tac ca prādhānyāt prathamam upāttam.
tathā hi vaksyati -
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