- Syllables per pāda
- 17
- Kind
- Samavṛtta — all four pādas alike
- Gaṇas
- na sa ma ra sa la ga
- Yati after syllable
- 6 · 10
Four pādas of 17 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
मुखशशिसमुद्गीर्णैः फेनैर् हसन्न् इव शारदं
सततविजितं लक्ष्म्या लक्ष्म्याकुलं हिमदीधितिम् ।
पुलकपटलैर् अत्युद्भिन्नैः सुमेरुम् इवोद्गता
ङ्कुरशतपरिच्छेदातीतः स एष विराजते
mukha-śaśi-samudgīrṇaiḥ phenair hasann iva śāradaṁ
satata-vijitaṁ lakṣmyā lakṣmyākulaṁ hima-dīdhitim |
pulaka-paṭalair atyudbhinnaiḥ sumerum ivodgatā-
ṅkura-śata-paricchedātītaḥ sa eṣa virājate
Caitanya-caritāmṛta-mahākāvya 16.21Open the verse