- Syllables per pāda
- 12
- Kind
- Ardhasamavṛtta — the halves differ
- Gaṇas
- na na ra ya / na ja ja ra ga
Odd pādas of 12 syllables, even ones of 13: the two halves are built differently.
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
इति मतिरुपकल्पिता वितृष्णा भगवति सात्वतपुङ्गवे विभूम्नि
स्वसुखम् उपगते क्वचिद्विहर्तुं प्रकृतिम् उपेयुषि यद्भवप्रवाहः
iti matirupakalpitā vitṛṣṇā bhagavati sātvatapuṅgave vibhūmni
svasukham upagate kvacidvihartuṃ prakṛtim upeyuṣi yadbhavapravāhaḥ
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.9.32Open the verse