- Syllables per pāda
- 21
- Kind
- Samavṛtta — all four pādas alike
- Gaṇas
- ma ra bha na ya ya ya
- Yati after syllable
- 7 · 14
Four pādas of 21 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
अन्येद्युर् गौरचन्द्रो निजजनसहितो भक्तिशिक्षां वितन्वन्न्
अत्यन्ताश्चर्यचेष्टः कमलभवभवाद्यैर् भृशं भावनीयः ।
कुज्ञानाद्यैः समन्तात् सकलम् अनुपुरं देवतानां निकेतं
सन्मार्जन्या च चक्रे जगति सुविदितो मार्जितं शश्वद् एव
anyedyur gauracandro nija-jana-sahito bhakti-śikṣāṁ vitanvann
atyantāścarya-ceṣṭaḥ kamala-bhava-bhavādyair bhṛśaṁ bhāvanīyaḥ |
kujñānādyaiḥ samantāt sakalam anupuraṁ devatānāṁ niketaṁ
sanmārjanyā ca cakre jagati suvidito mārjitaṁ śaśvad eva
Caitanya-caritāmṛta-mahākāvya 7.107Open the verse