Nārada proper_name

⁴⁹ TRANSLATION Pañcama is kṛṣṇa (black), dhaivata is yellow-coloured, this niṣāda is multi- (74) coloured, (thus) should be known the colours of svaras. (iii) Devatās. The daivata 83 (presiding deity) of şadja is Brahmā, ṛṣabha is with the daivata vahni (fire), gandhara has Bharati as its deva, madhyama is with Hara as daivata. (75) Pañcama is with Satayajña (Indra is its daivata), dhaivata is with Gaṇa-nāyaka (as its daivata), niṣāda, on the other hand, has Bhānu (Sun) as its deva; thus are (76) the devatā⁸⁴ of svaras. (iv) Singers (seers). The svara şadja is sung ('seen')85 by Agni (fire), ṛṣabha is revealed by Brahmā, gāndhāra is sung by Soma (moon), madhyama svara (is revealed) by Vișnu. (77) On the other hand, the svara pancama is sung by the mahatman (great- souled) Nārada, the svaras dhaivata and niṣāda are 'sung' by Tumburu. (78) (v) Rasas The two svaras madhyama and pañcama should be 'made'86 (used) in the two (rasas) hāsya and śṛṅgāra, the two (svaras) şadja and ṛṣabha should be known in (79) vira, raudra and adbhuta rasas. Gāndhāra and niṣāda should be 'done' in karuņa rasa. Dhaivata should also (80) be 'done' (used) in bibhatsa and bhayānaka. (vi) Sthānas Ṣaḍja arises from the throat, 67 ṛṣabha is known (to arise) from the cerebrum, (81) gāndhāra from the nose, madhyama svara from the chest. Pañcama svara is arisen from the throat, O glorious onel dhaivata, on the other hand, is born of the palate-region (tālu-deśa). Niṣāda, on the other hand, (82) should be known to be born of all the joints (sandhis). Thus one should know the svaras born in the ocean of gita (melody, music), arisen out of the mouth of Mahadeva and placed in the 'path' of desi.68 (83) [ Thus ends the section on svara ]