- Syllables per pāda
- 11
- Kind
- Samavṛtta — all four pādas alike
- Gaṇas
- ta ta ja ga ga
- Yati after syllable
- 5
Four pādas of 11 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
वेदेषु यज्ञेषु तपःसु चैव
दानेषु यत्पुण्यफलं प्रदिष्टम् ।
अत्येति तत्सर्वमिदं विदित्वा
योगी परं स्थानमुपैति चाद्यम् ॥
vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva
dāneṣu yat puṇya-phalaṁ pradiṣṭam |
atyeti tat sarvam idaṁ viditvā
yogī paraṁ sthānam upaiti cādyam ||
Bhagavad Gita 8.28Open the verse