- Syllables per pāda
- 11
- Kind
- Samavṛtta — all four pādas alike
- Gaṇas
- ra na bha ga ga
Four pādas of 11 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
प्रेयसा सह नवीनतमाल
श्यामलेन विपिनं प्रविशन्तः ।
तत्पुरो नवघनेन विलासं
विद्युतां दधुर् अमूर् व्रजवध्वः
preyasā saha navīna-tamāla-
śyāmalena vipinaṁ praviśantaḥ |
tat-puro nava-ghanena vilāsaṁ
vidyutāṁ dadhur amūr vraja-vadhvaḥ
Caitanya-caritāmṛta-mahākāvya 9.3Open the verse