- Syllables per pāda
- 13
- Kind
- Samavṛtta — all four pādas alike
- Gaṇas
- ma na ja ra ga
- Yati after syllable
- 3
Four pādas of 13 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
यज्ञो ऽयं तव यजनाय केन सृष्टो विध्वस्तः पशुपतिनाद्य दक्ष-कोपात्
तं नस् त्वं शव-शयनाभ-शान्त-मेधं यज्ञात्मन् नलिन-रुचा दृशा पुनीहि
yajño 'yaṃ tava yajanāya kena sṛṣṭo vidhvastaḥ paśupatinādya dakṣa-kopāt
taṃ nas tvaṃ śava-śayanābha-śānta-medhaṃ yajñātman nalina-rucā dṛśā punīhi
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.7.33Open the verse