Ashta Nayikas and Dance Forms (study)
by V. Dwaritha | 2013 | 71,711 words
This page relates 鈥楻ole of a Sakhi (the friend and guide of the heroine)鈥� of the study dealing with the Ashta-Nayikas鈥攁 classification of eight kinds of 鈥淗eroines鈥� representing the eight emotional states (avastha) employed in the classical Indian dance and performing arts (otherwise known as Natya Shastra). These Ashtanayikas reflect the eight types of romantic relationships and have hence formed the expressive subject of many classical painting, poems and dramatic plays.
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Part 3 - Role of a Sakhi (the friend and guide of the heroine)
Post the bhakti movement, the sakhi is considered a Guru to the 箩墨惫腻迟尘腻 (heroine) who yearns to unite with the 辫补谤补尘腻迟尘补 (hero). True to this idea, the sakhi of a 办补濒补丑腻苍迟补谤颈迟腻 guides and advises her. She reprimands the heroine for having sent the hero away. Sometimes, she is seen as the one who consoles the heroine. In othe times, she is seen as a person on whom the 苍腻测颈办腻 blames.
Here is an example from the 骋墨迟补驳辞惫颈苍诲补 where the sakhi advices the 碍补濒补丑腻苍迟补谤颈迟腻.
啶むぞ啶ぅ 啶え啷嵿ぎ啶ム啶苦え啷嵿え啶距ぎ啷� 啶班い啶苦ぐ啶膏き啶苦え啷嵿え啶距ぎ啷� 啶掂た啶粪ぞ啶︵じ啶啶え啷嵿え啶距ぎ啷� 啷�
啶呧え啷佮啶苦え啷嵿い啶苦い啶灌ぐ啶苦啶班た啶むぞ啶 啶曕げ啶灌ぞ啶ㄠ啶むぐ啶苦い啶啶掂ぞ啶� 啶膏啷� 啷�t膩matha manmathakhinn膩m ratirasabhinn膩m vi峁Ｄ乨asampann膩m |
anucintitaharicarit膩m kalah膩ntaritamuv膩ca sakh墨 ||搁腻诲丑腻, suffering because of manmatha and whose wish for dalliance is just wrecked, is laden in her woes, but constantly thinks of 碍峁涐梗峁嘺. To that 碍补濒补丑腻苍迟补谤颈迟腻 苍腻测颈办腻, her friend speaks.
啶灌ぐ啶苦ぐ啶た啶膏ぐ啶むた 啶掂す啶むた 啶ぇ啷佮お啶掂え啷� 啷�
啶曕た啶お啶班ぎ啶оた啶曕じ啷佮啶 啶膏啶� 啶啶掂え啷� 啷�harirabhisarati vahati madhupavane |
kimaparamadhikasukham sakhi bhuvane |Hari comes towards you when the spring winds blow. Can there be any better happiness in your realm?
啶ぞ啶оさ啷� 啶ぞ 啶曕啶班 啶ぞ啶ㄠた啶ㄠた 啶ぞ啶ㄠぎ啶鈥斷ぇ啷冟さ啶
m膩dhave m膩 kuru m膩nini m膩namaye鈥攄h峁泇am
Oh indignant girl. Do not be angry with 惭腻诲丑补惫补.
啶むぞ啶侧か 啶侧ぞ啶︵お啶� 啶椸啶班啶い啶苦じ啶班じ啶 啷�
啶曕た啶 啶掂た啶� 啶侧啶曕啶班啶粪 啶曕啶氞啶侧ざ啶 啷�t膩lapha l膩dapi gurumatisarasam |
kim vipha l墨kuru峁 kucakala艣am ||Why do you waste the pitcher -like breasts of yours which are sweeter and heavier than the palm fruit?
啶曕い啶� 啶� 啶曕ぅ啶苦い啶た啶︵ぎ啶ㄠ啶う啶啶苦ぐ啶 啷�
啶ぞ 啶ぐ啶苦す啶� 啶灌ぐ啶苦ぎ啶むた啶多く啶班啶氞た啶班ぎ啷� 啷�kati na kathitamidamanupadamaciram |
m膩 parihara harimati艣ayaruciram ||How many times have I told you not to spurn 碍峁涐梗峁嘺 who is longing to charm you?
啶曕た啶た啶むた 啶掂た啶粪啶︵じ啶� 啶班啶︵た啶粪た 啶掂た啶曕げ啶� 啷�
啶掂た啶灌じ啶むた 啶啶掂い啶苦じ啶ぞ 啶むさ 啶膏啶侧ぞ 啷�kimiti vi峁Ｄ玠asi rodi峁 vikal膩 |
vihasati yuvatisabh膩 tava sakal膩 ||Why do you wail in dejection while all the girls in the group are laughing at you?
啶膏啶侧え啶侧た啶ㄠ啶︵げ啶多啶むげ啶多く啶ㄠ 啷�
啶灌ぐ啶苦ぎ啶掂げ啷嬥啷嵿く 啶膏か 啶侧く啶ㄠく啶ㄠ 啷�sajalanalin墨dala艣墨tala艣ayane |
harimavalokya sapha layanayane ||Make Hari sit on a couch made of cool lotus leaves, look at him and make your eyes fruitful.
啶溹え啶じ啶� 啶え啶膏た 啶曕た啶た啶むた 啶椸啶班啶栢啶︵ぎ啷� 啷�
啶多啶｀ 啶ぎ 啶掂啶ㄠぎ啶ㄠ啶灌た啶むき啷囙う啶 啷�janayasi manasi kimiti gurukhedam |
艣峁涐箛u mama vacanaman墨hitabhedam ||Why do you immerse yourself in such despair? Listen to my words which explain how he regrets betraying you.
啶灌ぐ啶苦ぐ啷佮お啶ぞ啶む 啶掂う啶む 啶す啷佮ぎ啶о啶班ぎ啷� 啷�
啶曕た啶た啶むた 啶曕ぐ啷嬥し啶� 啶灌啶︵く啶い啶苦さ啶苦ぇ啷佮ぐ啶 啷�harirupay膩tu vadatu bahumadhuram |
kimiti karo峁 h峁沝ayamatividhuram ||Let Hari come and speak to you sweetly. Why do you condemn your heart to loneliness?
啶多啶班 啶溹く啶︵啶掂き啶｀た啶むぎ啶むた啶侧げ啶苦い啶 啷�
啶膏啶栢く啶む 啶班じ啶苦啶溹え啶 啶灌ぐ啶苦啶班た啶むぎ啷� 啷�艣r墨 jayadevabha峁噄tamatilalitam |
sukhayatu rasikajanam haricaritam ||[1]May the song on 贬补谤颈鈥檚 life composed by Jayadeva give pleasure to the 谤补蝉颈办腻蝉.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
骋墨迟补驳辞惫颈苍诲补, 156.