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recognized through the power of poetry : it is difficult to explain it. In fact, the actor does not have the perception 'Sitā is mine' as in real life. That is to say, the causes in real life are not to be confused with the fahras in a poem. For, the actor does not have the perception that the Vibhāvas from a part of his real life. It is argued that this is the meaning of the word 'realization', i.e., that this is how the faras are made perceptible to the spectators; then we say that there ought to be a realization of the permanent mood.
e fact of the matter is that the perception of the actor is primarily and chiefly concerned with this and is presented in the form of : "This man is in this (emotional) state." ( Biffraesi Ferfi #talaa p. 305 ). So the thesis of Sankuka that from the point of view of the spectator, the imitation of the permanent state is Rasa, is untenable.
The actor does not believe that he is reproducing Rāma or his feeling. For a reproduction, that is, a production of action similar (Sadrsakaraṇam ) to those of someone whose nature: we have never before perceived, is not possible (since every imitation presupposes a previous perception ). Now, if it is maintained that the meaning of the term imitation is after - production (Paścätkaraṇam ), such imitation, we say, would extend to ordinary life also ( because such imitation is common in life). Perhaps it will be urged that the actor does not reproduce a specific person, but has only this notion : "I am reproducing the sorrow of some noble man". But, by what is this reproduction effected ? This is the problem. Not by sorrow which is absent in actor. Not by tears etc. for they are of another nature - i.e., they are not mental or spiritual. You may argue that the perception, ? am reproducing the as of the sorrow of a noble person" occurs in the actor. But which noble person ? For, no person can be thought of without a clear-cut idea (faratzailear). If you say that the actor is reproducing a person who should have wept like this, then his personality also intervenes, so that the relation of
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