Verse metre

Pṛthvī

पृथ्वीpṛthvī

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

न्दताप्रम्यन्मन्दिरा
स्वङ्कृराम्बुजाः पुवृन्दसान्द्राङ्गकाः
मी तद् नु त्वरं प्रतिदं दं निर्भरं
स्खत्परोरुहाः सुमुद्रग्ना युः

amanda-karalakaprakara-ramya-san-mandi-
svalaṅkṛtakambujāḥ pulaka-vṛnda-ndrāṅgakāḥ |
a tad anu satvaraṁ pratipadaṁ padaṁ nirbharaṁ
skhalat-pada-saroruhāḥ sukha-samudra-magnā yayuḥ

Caitanya-caritāmṛta-mahākāvya 15.107Open the verse