- Syllables per pāda
- 12
- Kind
- Samavṛtta — all four pādas alike
- Gaṇas
- na bha bha ra
Four pādas of 12 syllables; all four are built alike.
Pattern
1⏑⏑⏑–⏑⏑–⏑⏑–⏑–
2⏑⏑⏑–⏑⏑–⏑⏑–⏑–
3⏑⏑⏑–⏑⏑–⏑⏑–⏑–
4⏑⏑⏑–⏑⏑–⏑⏑–⏑–
How to read the marks
- ⏑Laghu — a light syllableOne beat. Said short and lightly.
- –Guru — a heavy syllableTwo beats: held exactly twice as long as a light one. In the line it also carries a faint tint.
- Pāda boundaryA stanza falls into four quarters — pādas. The boundary is a short stop, as at the end of a line.
- Yati — caesuraWhere the breath falls inside a long pāda. A shorter, fainter rule.
Example
निगमकल्पतरोर्गलितं फलं
शुकमुखादमृतद्रवसंयुतम्
पिबत भागवतं रसम् आलयं
मुहुरहो रसिका भुवि भावुकाः
nigamakalpatarorgalitaṃ phalaṃ
śukamukhādamṛtadravasaṃyutam
pibata bhāgavataṃ rasam ālayaṃ
muhuraho rasikā bhuvi bhāvukāḥ
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.1.3Open the verse