- Syllables per pāda
- 11
- Kind
- Samavṛtta — all four pādas alike
- Gaṇas
- ra na ra la ga
Four pādas of 11 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
एवम् अत्र विलसत्य् अनन्तरं
सार्वभौमकथितैः प्रलोभितः ।
उत्सुकस् तम् अभितो गजाधिपः
साहसाद् इह समाययौ द्रुतम्
evam atra vilasaty anantaraṁ
sārvabhauma-kathitaiḥ pralobhitaḥ |
utsukas tam abhito gajādhipaḥ
sāhasād iha samāyayau drutam
Caitanya-caritāmṛta-mahākāvya 13.78Open the verse