- Syllables per pāda
- 15
- Kind
- Samavṛtta — all four pādas alike
- Gaṇas
- na na ma ya ya
- Yati after syllable
- 8
Four pādas of 15 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
असुरसुरमनुष्याः पक्षिणो वोरगा वा; पितृरजनिचरा वा ब्रह्मदेवर्षयो वा ॥
चरम् अचरम् अपीदं यत् परं चापि तस्मात्; तद् अपि मम रिपुं तं रक्षितुं नैव शक्ताः ॥
asurasuramanuṣyāḥ pakṣiṇo voragā vā; pitṛrajanicarā vā brahmadevarṣayo vā ||
caram acaram apīdaṃ yat paraṃ cāpi tasmāt; tad api mama ripuṃ taṃ rakṣituṃ naiva śaktāḥ ||
Mahabharata 7.51.38Open the verse