- Syllables per pāda
- 14
- Kind
- Samavṛtta — all four pādas alike
- Gaṇas
- ta bha ja ja ga ga
- Yati after syllable
- 8
Four pādas of 14 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
वेणुं क्वणन्तम् अरविन्द-दलायताक्षम् बर्हावतंसम् असिताम्बुद-सुन्दराङ्गम् कन्दर्प-कोटि-कमनीय-विशेष-शोभं गोविन्दम् आदि-पुरुषं तम् अहं भजामि
veṇuṃ kvaṇantam aravinda-dalāyatākṣam barhāvataṃsam asitāmbuda-sundarāṅgam kandarpa-koṭi-kamanīya-viśeṣa-śobhaṃ govindam ādi-puruṣaṃ tam ahaṃ bhajāmi
Brahma-saṁhitā 5.30Open the verse