Rasarnavasudhakara 2.344

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2.344

And likewise in Bharata’s text:
‘This should be innate,
arising from inner temperament, and should be performed accordingly;
moreover, with these very emotional states,
a feigned one should be enacted with mild actions.’

2.344.p1

|| So it is said. (Nāṭyaśāstra 6.71)

2.344.p2

Objection: But here, two kinds of fear are understood—innate and feigned. Therefore, is this not a contradiction with that? We reply: It is not so. Those who do not understand the intention of Bharata and others should not harbor doubt relying merely on superficial statements. To explain: just as in ordinary life, natural redness thoroughly pervades a substance like madder; similarly, fear in middling and low characters appears as though innate even upon the slightest cause, and hence is metaphorically called “innate.” Just as prepared lac-resin, even when carefully applied, does not pervade the interior of wood and the like, so also fear belonging to a superior character is perceived just like something feigned, even upon the intensity of an extraordinary cause, and hence is metaphorically called “feigned.” Otherwise, if it were genuine, innate fear would arise even upon the sight of a rope.

2.344.p3

Objection: If innate fear does not exist in a superior character, then [how about this]:

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Rasārṇavasudhākara — Siṃhabhūpāla, Sanskrit