Verse metre

Rucirā

रुचिराrucirā

Syllables per pāda
13
Kind
Samavṛtta — all four pādas alike
Gaṇas
ja bha sa ja ga
Yati after syllable
4

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

पिन्ति ये त्मनः तां थामृतं श्रपुटेषु म्भृतम्
पुन्ति ते विविदूषितायं व्रन्ति च्चरोरुहान्तिकम्

pibanti ye bhagavata ātmanaḥ satāṃ kathāmṛtaṃ śravaṇapuṭeṣu sambhṛtam
punanti te viṣayaviṣiśayaṃ vrajanti taccaraṇasaroruntikam

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.2.37Open the verse