नाटिकाख्यायिकाभिश्च श्लोकैर्बिन्दुमतिक्रमैः । देशकालविभागैश्च नगरग्रामचेष्टितैः ॥ ११ ॥
nāṭikākhyāyikābhiśca ślōkairbindumatikramaiḥ | dēśakālavibhāgaiśca nagaragrāmacēṣṭitaiḥ || 11 ||
Translation
with plays and stories and verses that pass beyond the dot; with the divisions of place and time, and the doings of town and village;
Word by word
- nāṭikā
- with plays
- ākhyāyikābhiś
- (ākhyāyikābhiḥ) and stories
- ca
- and
- ślōkair
- (ślokaiḥ) with verses
- bindumati
- the dot
- kramaiḥ
- that pass beyond
- dēśa
- of place
- kāla
- and time
- vibhāgaiś
- (vibhāgaiḥ) with the divisions
- nagara
- of town
- grāma
- and village
- cēṣṭitaiḥ
- with the doings
Meaning
The commentary: with nāṭikās (short plays) and ākhyāyikās (prose tales), with verses whose hidden meaning only the learned can find, with imitations of the doings of townsfolk and villagers according to place and time. "Verses that pass beyond the dot", bindumati, is a verse game in which the letters are given only as dots and must be guessed.