- 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
पिबन्ति ये भगवत आत्मनः सतां कथामृतं श्रवणपुटेषु सम्भृतम्
पुनन्ति ते विषयविदूषिताशयं व्रजन्ति तच्चरणसरोरुहान्तिकम्
pibanti ye bhagavata ātmanaḥ satāṃ kathāmṛtaṃ śravaṇapuṭeṣu sambhṛtam
punanti te viṣayavidūṣitāśayaṃ vrajanti taccaraṇasaroruhāntikam
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 2.2.37Open the verse