- Syllables per pāda
- 17
- Kind
- Samavṛtta — all four pādas alike
- Gaṇas
- ja sa ja sa ya la ga
- Yati after syllable
- 8
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
अमन्दकरतालकप्रकररम्यसन्मन्दिरा
स्वलङ्कृतकराम्बुजाः पुलकवृन्दसान्द्राङ्गकाः ।
अमी तद् अनु सत्वरं प्रतिपदं पदं निर्भरं
स्खलत्पदसरोरुहाः सुखसमुद्रमग्ना ययुः
amanda-karatālakaprakara-ramya-san-mandirā-
svalaṅkṛtakarāmbujāḥ pulaka-vṛnda-sāndrāṅgakāḥ |
amī tad anu satvaraṁ pratipadaṁ padaṁ nirbharaṁ
skhalat-pada-saroruhāḥ sukha-samudra-magnā yayuḥ
Caitanya-caritāmṛta-mahākāvya 15.107Open the verse