The verse — decoded
L1conclusion
nātīva-saṅgatatvād bharata-muner mata-virodhāc ca |
nātīva-saṅgatatvātbecause it does not hang together very well — na negates atīva, so 'not very' coherent or apt; the first ground for setting the method aside ablative of cause; na + atīva ('not very') qualifies saṅgatatva, 'being consistent/fitting'क्योंकि (वह पद्धति) अत्यन्त संगत नहीं बैठती
bharata-muner mata-virodhātand because it conflicts with the settled view of the sage Bharata Muni — the second ground ablative of cause; bharata-muneḥ (gen.) 'of the sage Bharata' governs mata, and -virodhāt = 'because of the clash with'और क्योंकि भरत मुनि के मत से (उसका) विरोध है
caand — tying the two grounds together as a pairतथा
nātīva-saṅgatatvāt — because it does not fit together very well; bharata-muneḥ mata-virodhāt ca — and because it conflicts with the view of the sage Bharata Muni.
nātīva-saṅgatatvāt — क्योंकि (यह पद्धति) अधिक संगत नहीं बैठती; bharata-muner mata-virodhāt — और क्योंकि भरत मुनि के मत से इसका विरोध हो जाता है; ca — तथा (इन्हीं दो कारणों से)।
Rūpa gives two grounds. First, the method in question is not very coherent or apt (na atīva saṅgata). Second, it clashes with the settled doctrine of Bharata Muni. The word ca ('and') joins these two grounds; the subject they judge, and the verdict itself, come in the next line.
इसका कारण यह है कि वह पद्धति न तो अधिक संगत बैठती है, और वह भरत मुनि के मत से भी टकराती है।
Bharata Muni is the sage-author of the Nāṭyaśāstra, the root authority on drama that Rūpa named in kārikā 1; his mata is that treatise's doctrine, the standard against which Rūpa measures every later poetics manual.
भरत मुनि नाट्यशास्त्र के रचयिता ऋषि हैं — नाटक-विषयक मूल प्रमाण, जिनका नाम रूप गोस्वामी ने पहली कारिका में लिया। उनका 'मत' उसी शास्त्र का सिद्धान्त है, और यही वह कसौटी है जिस पर वे बाद के हर काव्यशास्त्र-ग्रन्थ को परखते हैं।
L2conclusion
sāhitya-darpaṇīyā na gṛhītā prakriyā prāyaḥ ||
sāhitya-darpaṇīyāthe [procedure] taught in the Sāhitya-darpaṇa — the -īya suffix means 'belonging to, prescribed by' that manual feminine adjective agreeing with prakriyāसाहित्यदर्पण की (प्रक्रिया)
na gṛhītāhas not been taken up — na negates the past participle gṛhītā, 'adopted'ग्रहण नहीं की गई
prakriyāthe procedure, the method of treating the subject — the technical prakriyā, here the Sāhitya-darpaṇa's way of laying out dramaturgy nominative subject; gṛhītā agrees with it(वह) प्रक्रिया अर्थात् पद्धति
prāyaḥfor the most part — mostly, not wholesale; the qualifier that softens the rejectionप्रायः, अधिकांशतः
prāyaḥ — for the most part; sāhitya-darpaṇīyā prakriyā — the procedure of the Sāhitya-darpaṇa; na gṛhītā — has not been adopted.
sāhitya-darpaṇīyā prakriyā — साहित्यदर्पण की पद्धति; prāyaḥ na gṛhītā — प्रायः स्वीकार नहीं की गई।
Here is the verdict: the procedure (prakriyā) set out in the Sāhitya-darpaṇa has, for the most part (prāyaḥ), not been adopted here. Note prāyaḥ — 'mostly,' not entirely. Rūpa does not throw the manual out; he only declines it where, by the two grounds just given, it fails to fit or collides with Bharata.
इसलिए साहित्यदर्पण की प्रक्रिया यहाँ प्रायः ग्रहण नहीं की गई है।
The Sāhitya-darpaṇa ('Mirror of Literature') is Viśvanātha Kavirāja's manual of poetics and dramaturgy. Rūpa treats it as a later authority to be followed only where it agrees with Bharata's Nāṭyaśāstra.
साहित्यदर्पण ('साहित्य का दर्पण') विश्वनाथ कविराज का काव्य एवं नाट्य का ग्रन्थ है। रूप गोस्वामी इसे परवर्ती प्रमाण मानते हैं, जिसका अनुसरण वे केवल वहीं करते हैं जहाँ वह भरत के नाट्यशास्त्र से मेल खाता है।
nātīva-saṅgatatvāt — because it does not hang together very well (na + atīva 'not very' + saṅgatatva 'being coherent/apt', ablative of cause); bharata-muneḥ — of the sage Bharata Muni (genitive, governing mata); mata-virodhāt — because of the clash with (his) settled doctrine (ablative of cause); ca — and (joining the two grounds as a pair); sāhitya-darpaṇīyā — belonging to, prescribed by the Sāhitya-darpaṇa; prakriyā — the procedure, the method of laying out the subject (nominative subject); prāyaḥ — for the most part, mostly; na gṛhītā — has not been adopted (na + past participle gṛhītā, agreeing with prakriyā).
nātīva-saṅgatatvāt (क्योंकि वह अधिक संगत नहीं बैठती) bharata-muner mata-virodhāt ca (और क्योंकि भरत मुनि के मत से उसका विरोध हो जाता है) sāhitya-darpaṇīyā prakriyā (साहित्यदर्पण की प्रक्रिया अर्थात् पद्धति) prāyaḥ na gṛhītā (प्रायः ग्रहण नहीं की गई)।
Because it does not fit together very well, and because it clashes with the settled doctrine of the sage Bharata Muni — for these two reasons the procedure taught in the Sāhitya-darpaṇa has, for the most part, not been adopted here.
साहित्यदर्पण की पद्धति यहाँ प्रायः ग्रहण नहीं की गई, क्योंकि वह न तो अधिक संगत बैठती है और न ही भरत मुनि के मत के साथ मेल खाती है, अपितु उससे टकरा जाती है।
A methodological lakṣaṇa: Rūpa fixes his authority-hierarchy for the whole treatise — Bharata's Nāṭyaśāstra is the standard, and Viśvanātha's Sāhitya-darpaṇa is followed only where it fits and does not contradict Bharata; note the softening prāyaḥ ('mostly, not wholesale').
यह कारिका ग्रन्थ की पद्धति-चयन को हेतुसहित निर्धारित करती है—भरत मुनि के मत को आधार मानकर साहित्यदर्पण की प्रक्रिया का प्रायः त्याग।