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The concept of "Rasa"
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"vāci yatnas tu kartavyo nāryasyaisā tanuḥ smộtā, anga-naipathya-sattvāni
vākyártham vyañjayanti hi.” iti. (N.S. XIV. 2) ata eva abhinayántar bhūtarve’pi prthag upāttam, tad rgvedād gļhītam. tasya traisvarya-pradhānasya stotra dvarena yāgópakāritvāt. pathyam api traisvaryopetam.
kākvabhābhābhyām ca svasvādau (caika-svabhāvācca svarā”dau) gitarūpā" patter iti hi vaksyāmah (N.S. 17).
pāthya-gata-svara-prasangāt tad anantaram sāmabhyo gītam jagrāha ity uktam. uparañjakatvena hi paścāt tasya abhidhānam nyāyyam iti kecit. "gītam prāņāḥ prayogasya" iti vaksyamāṇatvāt tad ayattatvād rasa-carvaņāyāḥ samucitam asya atraiva abhidhānam ity asmad upādhyāyāḥ. cakāreņa etat tulya-kaksyatām āha. evakāreņa gītamātram tato grhītam "gītișu samākhyā” (jaimini - 2/1/36) iti nyāyāt. tad adhāra-dhruvāpada-yojanam rgvedad eva iti darśayati. tata eva dhruvā’dhyāye vacanās atraiva samgrhitam (?)
ghanáva-naddha-sāma-gāna-kriyā-prāṇabhūta-kāla-sāmyātmaka-tāla-sāmānyasvīkstam atraiva praviştam (?). adhvaryakarma-pradhāne tu yajurvede angakarmaņām pradaksina-gamanā”di-krama eva prathamam. pathisyati “yā rcaḥ pānikā" (32/2) iryadi. tata susiratmakam ca'pyātodyam svaraprādhānyāt.
atharvana-vede tu śāntika-māraņādi karmasu tasya ftvijaḥ prāstuda
anādy anubhāvānām prajā-śatru-prabhștinā avadhāna-grahaņādinā lohitosnīsāder nepathyasya teşu teşu ca karmasu visista-prayatna-purusasampadyam-manovastambhātmanah sattvasya sambhavāt tatah abhinayānām grahanam. vācikasty abhinayah pūrvam eva uktaḥ. prādhānyād vibhāvānām dhștipramodādi-vyabhicāriņām ca paramárthasatām samaharanam pradhānam iti vibhāvādi-samagri-rūpa-rasātmaka-carvanā-sambhava iti tatas tad-grahanam iti na tatasthā evaite. ata eva rasyante. tatraiva ca rasyanta iti vaksyāmaḥ.
tad evam nāryā"di-rūpakópakramam gītā"todya-prānā'bhinaya-varga-paripusyadrasa-carvaņā"tmakam para-prīti-mayam eva nātyam, tatas tad vyutpatir iti nātyam eva veda iti kramena pradarśitam, tena upakramya yojanā"tmaka-niyogā"tmakaśāsana-prāņa-śāstra-vailaksyeņa svayam upārūdha-jñānábhidhāna-vidaḥ prāņaveda-rūpatā nātyasya eva iti siddham.”
Pundit Madhusundanjee reads slightly differently. His reading is (without, of course revealing his source) : (pp. 66, ibid) - "ātharvana-vede tu śāntika
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