- Syllables per pāda
- 17
- Kind
- Samavṛtta — all four pādas alike
- Gaṇas
- ya ma na sa bha la ga
- Yati after syllable
- 6
Four pādas of 17 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
पुरा कल्पापाये स्व-कृतम् उदरी-कृत्य विकृतं
त्वम् एवाद्यस् तस्मिन् सलिल उरगेन्द्राधिशयने
पुमान् शेषे सिद्धैर् हृदि विमृशिताध्यात्म-पदविः
स एवाद्याक्ष्णोर् यः पथि चरसि भृत्यान् अवसि नः
purā kalpāpāye sva-kṛtam udarī-kṛtya vikṛtaṃ
tvam evādyas tasmin salila uragendrādhiśayane
pumān śeṣe siddhair hṛdi vimṛśitādhyātma-padaviḥ
sa evādyākṣṇor yaḥ pathi carasi bhṛtyān avasi naḥ
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.7.42Open the verse