Verse metre

Śārdūlavikrīḍita

शार्दूलविक्रीडितśārdūlavikrīḍita

Syllables per pāda
19
Kind
Samavṛtta — all four pādas alike
Gaṇas
ma sa ja sa ta ta ga
Yati after syllable
12

Four pādas of 19 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

न्माद्यस्य तो ऽन्वयादिश्चार्थेष्वभिज्ञः स्वराट्
तेने ब्रह्म हृदा दिये मुह्यन्ति यत् सूयः
तेजोवारिमृदां था विनियो त्र त्रिर्गो ऽमृषा
धाम्ना स्वे दा निस्तकुकं त्यं रं धीहि

janmādyasya yato 'nvaditarataścārtheṣvabhijñaḥ svarāṭ
tene brahma hṛ ya ādikavaye muhyanti yat sūrayaḥ
tejorimṛdāṃ yathā vinimayo yatra trisargo 'mṛṣā
dhāmnā svena sa nirastakuhakaṃ satyaṃ paraṃ dhīmahi

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.1.1Open the verse