Vrttaratnakara

सुखसन्तानसिद्ध्यर्थं नत्वा ब्रह्माऽच्युताऽर्चितम् । गौरीविनायकोपेतं शङ्करं लोकशङ्करम् ॥ १.१ ॥

sukhasantānasiddhyarthaṃ natvā brahmā'cyutā'rcitam | gaurīvināyakopetaṃ śaṅkaraṃ lokaśaṅkaram || 1.1 ||

For the accomplishing of lasting ease, having bowed to Shankara — worshipped by Brahma and Achyuta, attended by Gauri and Vinayaka, the bringer of peace to the worlds —

वेदार्थशैवशास्त्रज्ञः पव्येकोऽभूद्विजोत्तमः । तस्य पुत्रोऽस्ति केदारः शिवपादार्चने रतः ॥ १.२ ॥

vedārthaśaivaśāstrajñaḥ pavyeko'bhūdvijottamaḥ | tasya putro'sti kedāraḥ śivapādārcane rataḥ || 1.2 ||

There was a foremost among the twice-born named Pavyeka, learned in the meaning of the Veda and in the Shaiva scriptures. His son is Kedara, devoted to the worship of Shiva’s feet.

तेनेदं क्रियते छन्दो लक्ष्यलक्षणसंयुतम् । वृत्तरत्नाकरं नाम बालानां सुखसिद्ध्ये ॥ १.३ ॥

tenedaṃ kriyate chando lakṣyalakṣaṇasaṃyutam | vṛttaratnākaraṃ nāma bālānāṃ sukhasiddhye || 1.3 ||

By him is this work on metre made, furnished with both definition and example, named Vrttaratnakara — the ocean of jewels that are metres — for the easy instruction of beginners.

पिङ्गलादिभिराचार्यैर्यदुक्तं लौकिकं द्विधा । मात्रावर्णविभेदेन च्छन्दस्तदिह कथ्यते ॥ १.४ ॥

piṅgalādibhirācāryairyaduktaṃ laukikaṃ dvidhā | mātrāvarṇavibhedena cchandastadiha kathyate || 1.4 ||

What was declared by Pingala and the other teachers as the worldly metre is of two kinds, by the division into matra and varna. That metre is set out here.

षडध्यायनिबद्धस्य च्छन्दसोऽस्य परिस्फुटम् । प्रमाणमपि विज्ञेयं षड्त्रिंशदधिकं शतम् ॥ १.५ ॥

ṣaḍadhyāyanibaddhasya cchandaso'sya parisphuṭam | pramāṇamapi vijñeyaṃ ṣaḍtriṃśadadhikaṃ śatam || 1.5 ||

Of this treatise on metre, bound in six chapters, the extent is plainly to be known as a hundred and thirty-six.

Note: The text counts itself at 136 verses, but the Wikisource recension carries 212. The figure may count only the metre definitions, or belong to a shorter recension. Kept as the text states it.

म्यरस्तजभ्नगैर्लान्तैरेभिर्दशभिरक्षरैः । समस्तं वाङ्मयं व्याप्तं त्रैलोक्यमिव विष्णुना ॥ १.६ ॥

myarastajabhnagairlāntairebhirdaśabhirakṣaraiḥ | samastaṃ vāṅmayaṃ vyāptaṃ trailokyamiva viṣṇunā || 1.6 ||

By these ten syllables — ma, ya, ra, sa, ta, ja, bha, na, ga and la — the whole body of speech is pervaded, as the three worlds are by Vishnu.

सर्वगुर्मो मुखान्तर्लौ यरावन्तगलौ सतौ । ग्मध्याद्यौ ज्भौ त्रिलो नोऽष्टौ भवन्त्यत्र गणास्त्रिकाः ॥ १.७ ॥

sarvagurmo mukhāntarlau yarāvantagalau satau | gmadhyādyau jbhau trilo no'ṣṭau bhavantyatra gaṇāstrikāḥ || 1.7 ||

ma is all heavy; na all light; ya has its light at the start, ra in the middle, sa at the end; ta has its heavy at the start and middle, ja in the middle, bha at the start. So there are here eight ganas of three syllables each.

ज्ञेयाः सर्वान्तमध्यादिगुरवोऽत्र चतुष्कलाः । गणाश्चतुर्लघूपेताः पञ्चार्यादिषु संस्थिताः ॥ १.८ ॥

jñeyāḥ sarvāntamadhyādiguravo'tra catuṣkalāḥ | gaṇāścaturlaghūpetāḥ pañcāryādiṣu saṃsthitāḥ || 1.8 ||

The ganas of four matras are to be known as those having the heavy at the end, in the middle or at the start, and the one made of four light syllables. These are used in the Arya and the rest.

सानुस्वारो विसर्गान्तो दीर्घो युक्तपरश्च यः । वा पादान्ते त्वसौ ग्वक्रो ज्ञेयोऽन्यो मात्रिको लृजुः ॥ १.९ ॥

sānusvāro visargānto dīrgho yuktaparaśca yaḥ | vā pādānte tvasau gvakro jñeyo'nyo mātriko lṛjuḥ || 1.9 ||

A syllable is heavy when it carries anusvara, ends in visarga, is long, or is followed by a conjunct; optionally so at the end of a pada. Any other is light, and so counted by matra.

पादादाविह वर्णस्य संयोगः क्रमसंज्ञकः । पुरःस्थितेन तेन स्याल्लघुताऽपि क्वचिद्गुरोः ॥ १.१० ॥

pādādāviha varṇasya saṃyogaḥ kramasaṃjñakaḥ | puraḥsthitena tena syāllaghutā'pi kvacidguroḥ || 1.10 ||

A conjunct at the beginning of a pada is called krama; because of it standing in front, even a heavy syllable is sometimes light.

तरुणं सर्षपशाकं नवौदनं पिच्छिलानि च दधीनि । अल्पव्ययेन सुन्दरि (!) ग्राम्यजनो मिष्टमिश्नाति ॥ १.११ ॥

taruṇaṃ sarṣapaśākaṃ navaudanaṃ picchilāni ca dadhīni | alpavyayena sundari (!) grāmyajano miṣṭamiśnāti || 1.11 ||

Fresh mustard greens, new-cooked rice and thick curds — at small expense, fair lady, the village folk eat sweetly.

Note: Not a rule but an example verse, included to show the Arya metre in use. The "(!)" in the source marks a reading the editor doubted, and is kept.

अब्धिभूतरसादीनां ज्ञेयाः संज्ञास्तु लोकतः । ज्ञेयः पादश्चतुर्थाशो यतिर्विच्छेदसंज्ञितः ॥ १.१२ ॥

abdhibhūtarasādīnāṃ jñeyāḥ saṃjñāstu lokataḥ | jñeyaḥ pādaścaturthāśo yatirvicchedasaṃjñitaḥ || 1.12 ||

The names of abdhi, bhuta, rasa and the rest are to be known from common usage. A pada is to be known as a quarter, and the caesura is called viccheda.

Note: Refers to the bhutasamkhya object-numerals used throughout the book, and tells the reader to learn them from common usage rather than listing them. See the header of this file for the values.

युक्समं विषमं चायुक्स्थानं सद्भिर्निगद्यते । सममर्धसमं वृत्तं विषमं च तथापरम् ॥ १.१३ ॥

yuksamaṃ viṣamaṃ cāyuksthānaṃ sadbhirnigadyate | samamardhasamaṃ vṛttaṃ viṣamaṃ ca tathāparam || 1.13 ||

The even position is called yuk by the good, and the odd ayuk. A metre is thus even, half-even, or uneven.

अङ्घ्रयो यस्य चत्वारस्तुल्यलक्षणलक्षिताः । तच्छन्दःशास्त्रतत्त्वज्ञाः समं वृत्तं प्रचक्षते ॥ १.१४ ॥

aṅghrayo yasya catvārastulyalakṣaṇalakṣitāḥ | tacchandaḥśāstratattvajñāḥ samaṃ vṛttaṃ pracakṣate || 1.14 ||

That of which all four feet are marked by the same definition — those who know the truth of the science of metre call an even metre.

प्रथमाङ्घ्रिसमो यस्य तृतीयश्चरणो भवेत् । द्वितीयस्तुर्यवद्वृत्तं तदर्धसममुच्यते ॥ १.१५ ॥

prathamāṅghrisamo yasya tṛtīyaścaraṇo bhavet | dvitīyasturyavadvṛttaṃ tadardhasamamucyate || 1.15 ||

That of which the third foot matches the first and the second the fourth is called a half-even metre.

यस्य पादचतुष्केऽपि लक्ष्म भिन्नं परस्परम् । तदाहुर्विषमं वृत्तं छन्दःशास्त्रविशारदाः ॥ १.१६ ॥

yasya pādacatuṣke'pi lakṣma bhinnaṃ parasparam | tadāhurviṣamaṃ vṛttaṃ chandaḥśāstraviśāradāḥ || 1.16 ||

That of which the definition differs in all four feet from one another — those skilled in the science of metre call an uneven metre.

आरभ्यैकाक्षारात्पादादेकैकक्षरवर्द्धितैः । पृथक्छन्दो भवेत्पादैर्यावत्षड्विंशतिं गतम् ॥ १.१७ ॥

ārabhyaikākṣārātpādādekaikakṣaravarddhitaiḥ | pṛthakchando bhavetpādairyāvatṣaḍviṃśatiṃ gatam || 1.17 ||

Beginning from a pada of a single syllable and increasing by one syllable at a time, a distinct metre arises at each, up to twenty-six.

तदूर्ध्वं चण्डवृष्ट्यादिदण्डकाः परिकीर्तिताः । शेषं गाथास्त्रिभिः षड्भिश्चरणैश्चोपलक्षिताः ॥ १.१८ ॥

tadūrdhvaṃ caṇḍavṛṣṭyādidaṇḍakāḥ parikīrtitāḥ | śeṣaṃ gāthāstribhiḥ ṣaḍbhiścaraṇaiścopalakṣitāḥ || 1.18 ||

Above that the dandakas, beginning with Chandavrishti, are proclaimed. The rest are the gathas, marked by three or six feet.

उक्ताऽत्युक्ता तथा मध्या प्रतिष्ठाऽन्या सुपूर्विका । गायत्र्युष्णिगनुष्टुप्च बृहती पङ्क्तिरेव च ॥ १.१९ ॥

uktā'tyuktā tathā madhyā pratiṣṭhā'nyā supūrvikā | gāyatryuṣṇiganuṣṭupca bṛhatī paṅktireva ca || 1.19 ||

Ukta, Atyukta, Madhya, Pratishtha, and the next with su before it — Supratishtha; Gayatri, Ushnik, Anushtup, Brihati and Pankti;

त्रिष्टुप्च जगती चैव तथाऽतिजगती मता । शक्वरी साऽतिपूर्वा स्यादष्ट्यत्यष्टी ततः स्मृते ॥ १.२० ॥

triṣṭupca jagatī caiva tathā'tijagatī matā | śakvarī sā'tipūrvā syādaṣṭyatyaṣṭī tataḥ smṛte || 1.20 ||

Trishtup and Jagati, and likewise Atijagati; Shakvari and that with ati before it — Atishakvari; then Ashti and Atyashti are recorded;

धृतिश्चाऽतिधृतिश्चैव कृतिः प्रकृतिराकृतिः । विकृतिः सङ्कृतिश्चैव तथाऽतिकृतिरुत्कृतिः ॥ १.२१ ॥

dhṛtiścā'tidhṛtiścaiva kṛtiḥ prakṛtirākṛtiḥ | vikṛtiḥ saṅkṛtiścaiva tathā'tikṛtirutkṛtiḥ || 1.21 ||

Dhriti and Atidhriti; Kriti, Prakriti, Akriti, Vikriti, Sankriti, and likewise Atikriti and Utkriti.

इत्युक्ताश्छन्दसां संज्ञाः क्रमतो वच्मि साम्प्रतम् । लक्षणं सर्ववृत्तानां मात्रावृत्ताऽनुपूर्वकम् ॥ १.२२ ॥

ityuktāśchandasāṃ saṃjñāḥ kramato vacmi sāmpratam | lakṣaṇaṃ sarvavṛttānāṃ mātrāvṛttā'nupūrvakam || 1.22 ||

Thus the names of the metres have been stated. Now in order I shall declare the definition of all the metres, beginning with those measured by matra.

लक्ष्मैतत्सप्त गणा गोपेता भवति नेह विषमे जः । षष्ठोऽयं नलघू वा प्रथमेऽर्धे नियतमार्यायाः ॥ २.१ ॥

lakṣmaitatsapta gaṇā gopetā bhavati neha viṣame jaḥ | ṣaṣṭho'yaṃ nalaghū vā prathame'rdhe niyatamāryāyāḥ || 2.1 ||

This is the rule: seven ganas with a heavy at the end. No ja-gana stands in an odd place here. In the first half of the Arya the sixth is invariably na, or else two light syllables.

षष्ठे द्वितीयलात्परके न्ले मुखलाच्च सयतिपदनियमः । चरमेऽर्धे पञ्चमके तस्मादिह भवति षष्ठो लः ॥ २.२ ॥

ṣaṣṭhe dvitīyalātparake nle mukhalācca sayatipadaniyamaḥ | carame'rdhe pañcamake tasmādiha bhavati ṣaṣṭho laḥ || 2.2 ||

When the sixth has its light second, or is na, and there is a light at the opening, the caesura and the word-division are fixed. In the latter half it is the fifth; therefore the sixth here is a single light syllable.

त्रिष्वंशकेषु पादो दलयोराद्येषु दृश्यते यस्याः । पथ्येति नाम तस्याः प्रकीर्तितं नागराजेन ॥ २.३ ॥

triṣvaṃśakeṣu pādo dalayorādyeṣu dṛśyate yasyāḥ | pathyeti nāma tasyāḥ prakīrtitaṃ nāgarājena || 2.3 ||

She in whose two halves a word-break is seen at the first of the three gana-groups — her name is declared Pathya by the king of serpents.

संलङ्घ्य गणत्रयमादिमं शकलयोर्द्वयोर्भवति पादः । यस्यास्तां पिङ्गलनागो विपुलामिति समाख्याति ॥ २.४ ॥

saṃlaṅghya gaṇatrayamādimaṃ śakalayordvayorbhavati pādaḥ | yasyāstāṃ piṅgalanāgo vipulāmiti samākhyāti || 2.4 ||

She in whose two halves the word-break falls only after passing the first three ganas — Pingala the serpent calls her Vipula.

उभयार्धयोर्जकारौ द्वितीयतुर्यौ गमध्यगौ तस्याः । चपलेति नाम तस्याः प्रकीर्तितं नागराजेन ॥ २.५ ॥

ubhayārdhayorjakārau dvitīyaturyau gamadhyagau tasyāḥ | capaleti nāma tasyāḥ prakīrtitaṃ nāgarājena || 2.5 ||

She whose second and fourth ganas in both halves are ja-ganas with a heavy in the middle — her name is declared Chapala by the king of serpents.

आद्यं दलं समस्तं भजेय लक्ष्म चपलागतं यस्याः । शेषे पूर्वजलक्ष्मा मुखचपलासोदिता मुनिना ॥ २.६ ॥

ādyaṃ dalaṃ samastaṃ bhajeya lakṣma capalāgataṃ yasyāḥ | śeṣe pūrvajalakṣmā mukhacapalāsoditā muninā || 2.6 ||

She whose first half entire bears the mark of the Chapala, while the remainder keeps the earlier rule — she is declared Mukhachapala by the sage.

प्राक्प्रतिपादितमर्धे प्रथमे प्रथमेतरे च चपलायाः । लक्ष्माश्रयेत सोक्ता विशुद्धधीभिर्जघनचपला ॥ २.७ ॥

prākpratipāditamardhe prathame prathametare ca capalāyāḥ | lakṣmāśrayeta soktā viśuddhadhībhirjaghanacapalā || 2.7 ||

She that takes the mark stated before in the second half rather than the first — she is called Jaghanachapala by those of clear understanding.

आर्याप्रथमदलोक्तं यदि कथमपि लक्षणं भवेदुभयोः । दलयोः कृतयतिशोभं तां गीतिं गीतवान्भुजङ्गेशः ॥ २.८ ॥

āryāprathamadaloktaṃ yadi kathamapi lakṣaṇaṃ bhavedubhayoḥ | dalayoḥ kṛtayatiśobhaṃ tāṃ gītiṃ gītavānbhujaṅgeśaḥ || 2.8 ||

If by any means the definition given for the first half of the Arya should hold for both halves, with the caesura well made, the lord of serpents has sung that as Giti.

आर्याद्वितीयकेऽर्धे यद्गदितं लक्षणं तत्स्यात् । यद्युभयोरपि दलयोरुपगीतिं तां मुनिर्ब्रूते ॥ २.९ ॥

āryādvitīyake'rdhe yadgaditaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ tatsyāt | yadyubhayorapi dalayorupagītiṃ tāṃ munirbrūte || 2.9 ||

If what is stated as the definition of the Arya’s second half should hold in both halves, the sage calls that Upagiti.

आर्याशकलद्वितयं व्यत्ययरचितं भवेद्यस्याः । सोद्गीतिः किल गदिता तद्वद्यत्यंशभेदसंयुक्ता ॥ २.१० ॥

āryāśakaladvitayaṃ vyatyayaracitaṃ bhavedyasyāḥ | sodgītiḥ kila gaditā tadvadyatyaṃśabhedasaṃyuktā || 2.10 ||

She whose two Arya halves are composed in exchange, one for the other — she is indeed called Udgiti, likewise joined with the division of caesura and gana-group.

आर्यापूर्वार्धं यदि गुरुणैकेनाधिकेन निधने युक्तम् । इतरत्तद्वन्निखिलं भवति यदीयमर्द्धमुदितार्यागीतिः ॥ २.११ ॥

āryāpūrvārdhaṃ yadi guruṇaikenādhikena nidhane yuktam | itarattadvannikhilaṃ bhavati yadīyamarddhamuditāryāgītiḥ || 2.11 ||

If the first half of the Arya is joined at its close with one additional heavy syllable, and the other half is likewise throughout — that whose halves are so is called Aryagiti.

षड्विषमेऽष्टौ समे कलास्ताश्च समे स्युर्नो निरन्तराः । न समात्र पराश्रिता कला वैतालीयेऽन्ते रलाौ गुरुः ॥ २.१२ ॥

ṣaḍviṣame'ṣṭau same kalāstāśca same syurno nirantarāḥ | na samātra parāśritā kalā vaitālīye'nte ralāau guruḥ || 2.12 ||

Six matras in the odd pada, eight in the even, and those in the even must not be na uninterrupted; nor does a matra here depend on what follows. In the Vaitaliya, at the end, ra, la and a heavy.

पर्यन्ते र्यौ तथैव शेषमौपच्छन्दसिकं सुधीभिरुक्तम् ॥ २.१३ ॥

paryante ryau tathaiva śeṣamaupacchandasikaṃ sudhībhiruktam || 2.13 ||

With ra and ya at the close, and the rest just the same — that the wise have called Aupacchandasika.

आपातलिका कथितेयं भाद्गुरुकावथ पूर्ववदन्यत् ॥ २.१४ ॥

āpātalikā kathiteyaṃ bhādgurukāvatha pūrvavadanyat || 2.14 ||

This is called Apatalika: bha and two heavy syllables, and the rest as before.

तृतीययुग्दक्षिणान्तिका समस्तपादेषु द्वितीयलः ॥ २.१५ ॥

tṛtīyayugdakṣiṇāntikā samastapādeṣu dvitīyalaḥ || 2.15 ||

Joined with a third, it is Dakshinantika: in all the padas the second is light.

उदीच्यवृत्तिर्द्वितीयलः सक्तोऽग्रेण भवेदयुग्मयोः ॥ २.१६ ॥

udīcyavṛttirdvitīyalaḥ sakto'greṇa bhavedayugmayoḥ || 2.16 ||

In Udichyavritti the second is light, attached to what precedes, in the odd padas.

पूर्वेण युतोऽथ पञ्चमः प्राच्यवृत्तिरुदितेति युग्मयोः ॥ २.१७ ॥

pūrveṇa yuto'tha pañcamaḥ prācyavṛttiruditeti yugmayoḥ || 2.17 ||

When the fifth is joined with what precedes, in the even padas, that is declared Prachyavritti.

यदा समावोजयुग्मकौ पूर्वयोर्भवति तत्प्रवृत्तकम् ॥ २.१८ ॥

yadā samāvojayugmakau pūrvayorbhavati tatpravṛttakam || 2.18 ||

When both the odd and the even are alike in the first two, that is Pravrittaka.

अस्य युग्मरचिताऽपरान्तिका ॥ २.१९ ॥

asya yugmaracitā'parāntikā || 2.19 ||

Of this, that composed in the even padas is Aparantika.

अयुग्भवा चारुहासिनी ॥ २.२० ॥

ayugbhavā cāruhāsinī || 2.20 ||

And that arising in the odd padas is Charuhasini.

वक्त्रं नाद्यान्नसौ स्यातामब्धेर्योऽनुष्टुभि ख्यातम् ॥ २.२१ ॥

vaktraṃ nādyānnasau syātāmabdheryo'nuṣṭubhi khyātam || 2.21 ||

Vaktra: na and sa do not stand at the beginning, and ya is at the fourth — so it is known in the Anushtup.

युजोर्जेन सरिद्भर्तुः पथ्यावक्त्रं प्रकीर्तितम् ॥ २.२२ ॥

yujorjena saridbhartuḥ pathyāvaktraṃ prakīrtitam || 2.22 ||

With ja at the fourth in the even padas, it is declared Pathyavaktra.

ओजयोर्जेन वारिधेस्तदेव विपरीतादि ॥ २.२३ ॥

ojayorjena vāridhestadeva viparītādi || 2.23 ||

With ja at the fourth in the odd padas, that same is the reverse of the preceding.

चपलावक्त्रमयुजोर्नकारश्चेत्पयोराशेः ॥ २.२४ ॥

capalāvaktramayujornakāraścetpayorāśeḥ || 2.24 ||

It is Chapalavaktra if in the odd padas there is a na-gana at the fourth.

यस्या लः सप्तमो युग्मे सा युग्मविपुला मता ॥ २.२५ ॥

yasyā laḥ saptamo yugme sā yugmavipulā matā || 2.25 ||

That of which the seventh is light in the even padas is held to be Yugmavipula.

सैतवस्याऽखिलेष्वपि ॥ २.२६ ॥

saitavasyā'khileṣvapi || 2.26 ||

Of the Saitava, it is so in all the padas.

भेनाऽब्धितो भाद्विपुला ॥ २.२७ ॥

bhenā'bdhito bhādvipulā || 2.27 ||

With bha at the fourth, it is Bhavipula.

इत्थमन्या रश्चतुर्थात् ॥ २.२८ ॥

itthamanyā raścaturthāt || 2.28 ||

In the same way, another with ra from the fourth is Ravipula.

नोऽम्बुधेश्चेन्नविपुला ॥ २.२९ ॥

no'mbudheścennavipulā || 2.29 ||

If na is at the fourth, it is Navipula.

तोऽब्धेस्तत्पूर्वान्या भवेत् ॥ २.३० ॥

to'bdhestatpūrvānyā bhavet || 2.30 ||

With ta at the fourth, the one before that arises — Tavipula.

द्विगुणितवसुलघुरचलधृतिरिति ॥ २.३१ ॥

dviguṇitavasulaghuracaladhṛtiriti || 2.31 ||

With the eight light syllables doubled, it is Achaladhriti.

मात्रासमकं नवमो ल्गान्तम् ॥ २.३२ ॥

mātrāsamakaṃ navamo lgāntam || 2.32 ||

Matrasamaka: the ninth is light, ending in a heavy.

जो न्लावथाम्बुधेर्विश्लोकः ॥ २.३३ ॥

jo nlāvathāmbudherviślokaḥ || 2.33 ||

With ja, then na and la, at the fourth, it is Vishloka.

तद्युगलाद्वानवासिका स्यात् ॥ २.३४ ॥

tadyugalādvānavāsikā syāt || 2.34 ||

From a pair of those, Vanavasika arises.

बाणाष्टनवसु यदि लश्चित्रा ॥ २.३५ ॥

bāṇāṣṭanavasu yadi laścitrā || 2.35 ||

If the light falls at the fifth, eighth and ninth, it is Chitra.

उपचित्रा नवमे परयुक्ते ॥ २.३६ ॥

upacitrā navame parayukte || 2.36 ||

Upachitra, when the ninth is joined with what follows.

यदतीतकृतविविधलक्ष्मयुतैर्मात्रासमादिपादैः कलितम् । अनियतवृत्तपरिमाणयुक्तं प्रथितं जगत्सु पादाकुलकम् ॥ २.३७ ॥

yadatītakṛtavividhalakṣmayutairmātrāsamādipādaiḥ kalitam | aniyatavṛttaparimāṇayuktaṃ prathitaṃ jagatsu pādākulakam || 2.37 ||

That which is composed of padas of Matrasamaka and the rest, bearing the various marks set out above, joined with an unfixed measure of metre, is renowned in the worlds as Padakulaka.

वृत्तस्य ला विना वर्णैर्गा वर्णा गुरुभिस्तथा । गुरुवो लैर्दले नित्यं प्रमाणमिति निश्चितम् ॥ २.३८ ॥

vṛttasya lā vinā varṇairgā varṇā gurubhistathā | guruvo lairdale nityaṃ pramāṇamiti niścitam || 2.38 ||

The measure of a metre is fixed thus: syllables without the light ones, heavy syllables as syllables, and heavy syllables by the light ones in each half.

Note: The most compressed verse in the chapter, and the received text does not yield a clean construction. The rendering follows the sense the surrounding verses require rather than the syntax as it stands.

शिखिगुणितदशलघुरचितमपगतलघुयुगलमपरमिदमखिलम् । सगुरु शकलयुगलकमपि सुपरिघटितललितपदवितति भवति शिखा ॥ २.३९ ॥

śikhiguṇitadaśalaghuracitamapagatalaghuyugalamaparamidamakhilam | saguru śakalayugalakamapi suparighaṭitalalitapadavitati bhavati śikhā || 2.39 ||

Composed of thirty light syllables, with a pair of light syllables removed, and the remainder all so, with a heavy — and the two halves likewise well-fitted in a spread of graceful words: that is Shikha.

Note: The object-numerals here can be read either as caesura positions or as a count of ganas, and the syllable total does not force the choice. The rendering follows the reading that matches the metre as it is otherwise known.

विनिमयविनिहितशकलयुगलकलितपदविततिविरचितगुणनिचया । श्रुतिसुखकृदियमपि जगति ञि जशिर उपगतवति सति भवति खजा ॥ २.४० ॥

vinimayavinihitaśakalayugalakalitapadavitativiracitaguṇanicayā | śrutisukhakṛdiyamapi jagati ñi jaśira upagatavati sati bhavati khajā || 2.40 ||

She too, whose mass of qualities is made by a spread of words formed of the two halves set down in exchange, and who is sweet to the ear in the world — when the head of ja is reached, she becomes Khaja.

Note: The phrase rendered "when the head of ja is reached" is obscure; it appears to be a coded instruction of the kind chapter 6 uses, embedded in a definition.

अष्टावर्धे गा द्वयभ्यस्ता यस्याः साऽनङ्गक्रीडोक्ता । दलमपरमपि वसुगुणितसलिलनिधिलघु कविरचितं पदवितति भवति ॥ २.४१ ॥

aṣṭāvardhe gā dvayabhyastā yasyāḥ sā'naṅgakrīḍoktā | dalamaparamapi vasuguṇitasalilanidhilaghu kaviracitaṃ padavitati bhavati || 2.41 ||

She of whose half eight are doubled with heavy syllables is called Anangakrida; and the other half too, with the light syllables multiplied by eight, is a spread of words made by poets.

Note: The object-numerals here can be read either as caesura positions or as a count of ganas, and the syllable total does not force the choice. The rendering follows the reading that matches the metre as it is otherwise known.

त्रिगुणनवलघुरंवसितिगुरुरितिदलयुगकृततनुरतिरुचिरा ॥ २.४२ ॥

triguṇanavalaghuraṃvasitigururitidalayugakṛtatanuratirucirā || 2.42 ||

With nine light syllables tripled and a heavy at the close, the two halves so made give the slender and lovely Rucira.

Note: The object-numerals here can be read either as caesura positions or as a count of ganas, and the syllable total does not force the choice. The rendering follows the reading that matches the metre as it is otherwise known.

गुः श्रीः ॥ ३.१ ॥

guḥ śrīḥ || 3.1 ||

A single heavy syllable: Shri.

गौ स्त्री ॥ ३.२ ॥

gau strī || 3.2 ||

Two heavy syllables: Stri.

मो नारी ॥ ३.३ ॥

mo nārī || 3.3 ||

ma: Nari.

रो मृगी ॥ ३.४ ॥

ro mṛgī || 3.4 ||

ra: Mrigi.

म्गौ चेत्कन्या ॥ ३.५ ॥

mgau cetkanyā || 3.5 ||

ma and two heavy syllables: Kanya.

भ्गौ गिति पङ्क्तिः ॥ ३.६ ॥

bhgau giti paṅktiḥ || 3.6 ||

bha and two heavy syllables: Pankti.

त्यौ स्तस्तनुमध्या ॥ ३.७ ॥

tyau stastanumadhyā || 3.7 ||

ta and ya: Tanumadhya.

शशिवदना न्यौ ॥ ३.८ ॥

śaśivadanā nyau || 3.8 ||

na and ya: Shashivadana.

विद्युल्लेखा मो मः ॥ ३.९ ॥

vidyullekhā mo maḥ || 3.9 ||

ma and ma: Vidyullekha.

त्सौ चेद्वसुमती ॥ ३.१० ॥

tsau cedvasumatī || 3.10 ||

ta and sa: Vasumati.

म्सौ गः स्यान्मदलेखाः ॥ ३.११ ॥

msau gaḥ syānmadalekhāḥ || 3.11 ||

ma, sa and a heavy: Madalekha.

भौ गिति चित्रपदा गः ॥ ३.१२ ॥

bhau giti citrapadā gaḥ || 3.12 ||

bha, ya and a heavy: Chitrapada.

मो मो गो गो विद्युन्माला ॥ ३.१३ ॥

mo mo go go vidyunmālā || 3.13 ||

ma, ma, heavy, heavy: Vidyunmala.

माणवकं भात्तलगा ॥ ३.१४ ॥

māṇavakaṃ bhāttalagā || 3.14 ||

bha, ta, light, heavy: Manavaka.

म्नौ गौ हंसरुतमेतत् ॥ ३.१५ ॥

mnau gau haṃsarutametat || 3.15 ||

ma, na, heavy, heavy: Hamsaruta.

र्जौ समानिका गलौ च ॥ ३.१६ ॥

rjau samānikā galau ca || 3.16 ||

ra, ja, heavy, light: Samanika.

प्रमाणिका जरौ लगौ ॥ ३.१७ ॥

pramāṇikā jarau lagau || 3.17 ||

ja, ra, light, heavy: Pramanika.

वितानमाभ्यां यदन्यत् ॥ ३.१८ ॥

vitānamābhyāṃ yadanyat || 3.18 ||

What is other than these two is Vitana.

Note: Defines a metre only by exclusion from the two preceding, which is how the text has it.

राम्नसाविह हलमुखी ॥ ३.१९ ॥

rāmnasāviha halamukhī || 3.19 ||

ra, ma, na, sa: Halamukhi.

भुजगशिशुभृतां नौ मः ॥ ३.२० ॥

bhujagaśiśubhṛtāṃ nau maḥ || 3.20 ||

na, na and ma: Bhujagashishubhrita.

म्सौ ज्गौ शुद्धविराडिदं मतम् ॥ ३.२१ ॥

msau jgau śuddhavirāḍidaṃ matam || 3.21 ||

ma, sa, ja and a heavy: this is held to be Shuddhavirat.

म्नौ ज्गौ चेति पणवनामकम् ॥ ३.२२ ॥

mnau jgau ceti paṇavanāmakam || 3.22 ||

ma, na, ja and a heavy: this bears the name Panava.

र्जौ रगौ मयूरसारिणी स्यात् ॥ ३.२३ ॥

rjau ragau mayūrasāriṇī syāt || 3.23 ||

ra, ja, ra and a heavy: this is Mayurasarini.

भ्मौ सगयुक्तौ रुक्मवतीयम् ॥ ३.२४ ॥

bhmau sagayuktau rukmavatīyam || 3.24 ||

bha, ma joined with sa and a heavy: this is Rukmavati.

मत्ता ज्ञेया मभसगयुक्ता ॥ ३.२५ ॥

mattā jñeyā mabhasagayuktā || 3.25 ||

Matta is to be known as joined with ma, bha, sa and a heavy.

नरजगौर्भवेन्मनोरमा ॥ ३.२६ ॥

narajagaurbhavenmanoramā || 3.26 ||

na, ra, ja and a heavy: it becomes Manorama.

त्जौ जो गुरुणेयमुपस्थिता ॥ ३.२७ ॥

tjau jo guruṇeyamupasthitā || 3.27 ||

ta, ja, ja with a heavy: this is Upasthita.

स्यादिन्द्रवज्रा यदि तौ जगौ गः ॥ ३.२८ ॥

syādindravajrā yadi tau jagau gaḥ || 3.28 ||

It is Indravajra if ta, ta, ja and two heavy syllables.

उपेन्द्रवज्रा जतजास्ततो गौ ॥ ३.२९ ॥

upendravajrā jatajāstato gau || 3.29 ||

Upendravajra: ja, ta, ja, then two heavy syllables.

पादौ यदीयावुपजातयस्ताः ॥ ३.३० ॥

pādau yadīyāvupajātayastāḥ || 3.30 ||

Those whose feet are of the one and the other are the Upajatis.

Note: The Upajati is not a single metre but any mixture of Indravajra and Upendravajra feet, which is why no gana sequence is given.

स्मरन्ति जातिष्विदमेव नाम मे ॥ ३.३१ ॥

smaranti jātiṣvidameva nāma me || 3.31 ||

They remember this very name among the jatis as mine.

Note: Reads as a first-person aside by the author rather than a definition, and sits oddly in the sequence. Rendered literally.

नजजलगैर्गदिता सुमुखी ॥ ३.३२ ॥

najajalagairgaditā sumukhī || 3.32 ||

na, ja, ja, light and heavy: so Sumukhi is declared.

दोधकवृत्तमिदं भभभाद्गौ ॥ ३.३३ ॥

dodhakavṛttamidaṃ bhabhabhādgau || 3.33 ||

bha, bha, bha and two heavy syllables: this is the Dodhaka metre.

शालिन्युक्ता म्तौ तगौ गोऽब्धिलोकैः ॥ ३.३४ ॥

śālinyuktā mtau tagau go'bdhilokaiḥ || 3.34 ||

Shalini is declared as ma, ta, ta and two heavy syllables, with caesura after the fourth and the seventh.

वातोर्मीयं कथिता म्भौ तगौ गः ॥ ३.३५ ॥

vātormīyaṃ kathitā mbhau tagau gaḥ || 3.35 ||

Vatormi is declared as ma, bha, ta and two heavy syllables.

वाणरसैः स्याद्भतनगगैः श्रीः ॥ ३.३६ ॥

vāṇarasaiḥ syādbhatanagagaiḥ śrīḥ || 3.36 ||

Shri, with caesura after the fifth and the sixth: bha, ta, na, heavy, heavy.

Note: The object-numerals here can be read either as caesura positions or as a count of ganas, and the syllable total does not force the choice. The rendering follows the reading that matches the metre as it is otherwise known.

म्भौ न्लौ गः स्याद्भ्रमरविलसितम् ॥ ३.३७ ॥

mbhau nlau gaḥ syādbhramaravilasitam || 3.37 ||

ma, bha, na, light and a heavy: this is Bhramaravilasita.

रान्नराविह रथोद्धता लगौ ॥ ३.३८ ॥

rānnarāviha rathoddhatā lagau || 3.38 ||

ra, na, na, ra, light and heavy: here Rathoddhata.

स्वागतेति रनभाद्गुरुयुग्मम् ॥ ३.३९ ॥

svāgateti ranabhādguruyugmam || 3.39 ||

Svagata: ra, na, bha and two heavy syllables.

ननरलगुरुरचिता वृन्ता ॥ ३.४० ॥

nanaralagururacitā vṛntā || 3.40 ||

Composed of na, na, ra, light and heavy: Vrinta.

ननरमगुरुभिश्च भद्रिका ॥ ३.४१ ॥

nanaramagurubhiśca bhadrikā || 3.41 ||

And with na, na, ra, ma and a heavy: Bhadrika.

श्येनिका रजौ रलौ गुरुर्पदा ॥ ३.४२ ॥

śyenikā rajau ralau gururpadā || 3.42 ||

Shyenika: ra, ja, ra, light and a heavy in the foot.

मौक्तिकमाला यदि भतनाद्गौ ॥ ३.४३ ॥

mauktikamālā yadi bhatanādgau || 3.43 ||

Mauktikamala if bha, ta, na and two heavy syllables.

उपस्थितमिदं ज्सौ ताद्गकारौ ॥ ३.४४ ॥

upasthitamidaṃ jsau tādgakārau || 3.44 ||

This is Upasthita: ja, sa, ta and two heavy syllables.

चन्द्रवर्त्म निगदन्ति रनभसैः ॥ ३.४५ ॥

candravartma nigadanti ranabhasaiḥ || 3.45 ||

They call it Chandravartma: ra, na, bha and sa.

जतौ तु वंशस्थमुदीरितं जरौ ॥ ३.४६ ॥

jatau tu vaṃśasthamudīritaṃ jarau || 3.46 ||

Vamshastha is declared as ja, ta, ja and ra.

स्यादिन्द्रवंशा ततजै रसंयुतैः ॥ ३.४७ ॥

syādindravaṃśā tatajai rasaṃyutaiḥ || 3.47 ||

It is Indravamsha when joined with ta, ta, ja and ra.

इह तोटकमम्बुधिसैः प्रथितम् ॥ ३.४८ ॥

iha toṭakamambudhisaiḥ prathitam || 3.48 ||

Totaka is renowned here as four sa-ganas.

द्रुतविलम्बितमाह नभौ भरौ ॥ ३.४९ ॥

drutavilambitamāha nabhau bharau || 3.49 ||

na, bha, bha and ra: this he calls Drutavilambita.

मिनुशरविरतिर्नौ म्यौ पुटोऽयम् ॥ ३.५० ॥

minuśaraviratirnau myau puṭo'yam || 3.50 ||

With caesura after the fifth and fifth again: na, ma, ya — this is Puta.

Note: The object-numerals here can be read either as caesura positions or as a count of ganas, and the syllable total does not force the choice. The rendering follows the reading that matches the metre as it is otherwise known.

प्रमुदितवदना भवेन्नौ च रौ ॥ ३.५१ ॥

pramuditavadanā bhavennau ca rau || 3.51 ||

na, na and ra: it becomes Pramuditavadana.

नयसहितौ न्यौ कुसुमवचित्रा ॥ ३.५२ ॥

nayasahitau nyau kusumavacitrā || 3.52 ||

na, ya joined with na and ya: Kusumavichitra.

रसैर्जसजसा जलोद्धतगतिः ॥ ३.५३ ॥

rasairjasajasā jaloddhatagatiḥ || 3.53 ||

With caesura after the sixth: ja, sa, ja, sa — Jaloddhatagati.

चतुर्जगणं वद मौक्तिकदाम ॥ ३.५४ ॥

caturjagaṇaṃ vada mauktikadāma || 3.54 ||

Call four ja-ganas Mauktikadama.

भुजङ्गप्रयातं भवेद्यैश्चतुभिः ॥ ३.५५ ॥

bhujaṅgaprayātaṃ bhavedyaiścatubhiḥ || 3.55 ||

It becomes Bhujangaprayata by four ya-ganas.

रैश्चतुर्भिर्युता स्रग्विणी सम्मता ॥ ३.५६ ॥

raiścaturbhiryutā sragviṇī sammatā || 3.56 ||

Joined with four ra-ganas, Sragvini is agreed.

भुवि भवेन्नभजरैः प्रियंवदा ॥ ३.५७ ॥

bhuvi bhavennabhajaraiḥ priyaṃvadā || 3.57 ||

On earth Priyamvada arises by na, bha, ja and ra.

त्यौ त्यौ मणिमाला च्छिन्ना गुहवक्त्रैः ॥ ३.५८ ॥

tyau tyau maṇimālā cchinnā guhavaktraiḥ || 3.58 ||

ta, ya, ta, ya: Manimala, broken with the sixth.

धीरैरभाणि ललिता तभौजरौ ॥ ३.५९ ॥

dhīrairabhāṇi lalitā tabhaujarau || 3.59 ||

By the steadfast it was declared Lalita: ta, bha, ya, ja, ra.

प्रमिताक्षरा सजससैरुदिता ॥ ३.६० ॥

pramitākṣarā sajasasairuditā || 3.60 ||

Pramitakshara is declared by sa, ja, sa and sa.

ननभरसहिता महितोज्ज्वला ॥ ३.६१ ॥

nanabharasahitā mahitojjvalā || 3.61 ||

Joined with na, na, bha, ra and sa: Mahitojjvala.

पञ्चाश्वैश्छिन्ना वैश्यदेवी ममौ यौ ॥ ३.६२ ॥

pañcāśvaiśchinnā vaiśyadevī mamau yau || 3.62 ||

Broken after the fifth and the seventh: ma, ma and ya — Vaishyadevi.

Note: The object-numerals here can be read either as caesura positions or as a count of ganas, and the syllable total does not force the choice. The rendering follows the reading that matches the metre as it is otherwise known.

अब्ध्यष्टाभिर्जलधरमाला म्भौ स्मौ ॥ ३.६३ ॥

abdhyaṣṭābhirjaladharamālā mbhau smau || 3.63 ||

With caesura after the fourth and the eighth: ma, bha and sa, sa — Jaladharamala.

इह नवमालिका नजभयैः स्यात् ॥ ३.६४ ॥

iha navamālikā najabhayaiḥ syāt || 3.64 ||

Here Navamalika arises by na, ja, bha and ya.

स्वरशरविरतिर्ननौ रौ प्रभा ॥ ३.६५ ॥

svaraśaraviratirnanau rau prabhā || 3.65 ||

With caesura after the seventh and the fifth: na, na, ra — Prabha.

भवति नजावथ मालती जरौ ॥ ३.६६ ॥

bhavati najāvatha mālatī jarau || 3.66 ||

It becomes Malati by na, ja, ja and ra.

जभौ जरौ वदति पञ्चामरम् ॥ ३.६७ ॥

jabhau jarau vadati pañcāmaram || 3.67 ||

ja, bha, ja, ra: this he calls Panchamara.

अभिनवतामरसं नजजाद्यः ॥ ३.६८ ॥

abhinavatāmarasaṃ najajādyaḥ || 3.68 ||

Abhinavatamarasa begins with na, ja, ja.

तुरगरसयतिर्नौ ततौ गः क्षमा ॥ ३.६९ ॥

turagarasayatirnau tatau gaḥ kṣamā || 3.69 ||

With caesura after the seventh and the sixth: na, ta, ta and a heavy — Kshama.

म्नौ ज्रौ गस्त्रिदशयतिः प्रहर्षिणीअम् ॥ ३.७० ॥

mnau jrau gastridaśayatiḥ praharṣiṇīam || 3.70 ||

ma, na, ja, ra and a heavy, with caesura after the third: Praharshini.

चतुर्ग्रहैरतिरुचिरा जभस्जगाः ॥ ३.७१ ॥

caturgrahairatirucirā jabhasjagāḥ || 3.71 ||

With caesura after the fourth and the ninth: ja, bha, sa, ja and two heavy syllables — Atiruchira.

वेदै रन्ध्रैर्म्तौ यसगा मत्तमयूरम् ॥ ३.७२ ॥

vedai randhrairmtau yasagā mattamayūram || 3.72 ||

With caesura after the fourth and the ninth: ma, ta, ya, sa and a heavy — Mattamayura.

( उपस्थितमिदं ज्सौ त्सौ सगुरुकं चेत्) ॥ ३.७३ ॥

( upasthitamidaṃ jsau tsau sagurukaṃ cet) || 3.73 ||

(This is Upasthita, if ja, sa, ta, sa with a heavy.)

Note: The source itself brackets this verse. It repeats 3.44 with a variant reading, and the brackets are kept to show it is doubtful rather than silently dropping or promoting it.

सजसा जगौ भवति मञ्जुभाषिणी ॥ ३.७४ ॥

sajasā jagau bhavati mañjubhāṣiṇī || 3.74 ||

sa, ja, sa, ja and a heavy: it becomes Manjubhashini.

ननततगुरुभिश्चन्द्रिकाश्वर्तुभिः ॥ ३.७५ ॥

nanatatagurubhiścandrikāśvartubhiḥ || 3.75 ||

With na, na, ta, ta and a heavy, broken after the seventh and the sixth: Chandrika.

म्तौ न्सौ गावक्षग्रहविरतिसम्बाधा ॥ ३.७६ ॥

mtau nsau gāvakṣagrahaviratisambādhā || 3.76 ||

ma, ta, na, sa and two heavy syllables, with caesura after the fifth and the ninth: Sambadha.

ननरसलघुगैः स्वरैरपराजिता ॥ ३.७७ ॥

nanarasalaghugaiḥ svarairaparājitā || 3.77 ||

na, na, ra, sa with a light and a heavy, broken after the seventh: Aparajita.

ननभनलघुगैः प्रहरणकलिता ॥ ३.७८ ॥

nanabhanalaghugaiḥ praharaṇakalitā || 3.78 ||

na, na, bha, na with a light and a heavy: Praharanakalita.

उक्ता वसन्ततिलका तभजा जगौ गः ॥ ३.७९ ॥

uktā vasantatilakā tabhajā jagau gaḥ || 3.79 ||

Vasantatilaka is declared as ta, bha, ja, ja and two heavy syllables.

सिंहोन्नतेयमुदिता मुनिकाश्यपेन ॥ ३.८० ॥

siṃhonnateyamuditā munikāśyapena || 3.80 ||

This was declared Simhonnata by the sage Kashyapa.

उद्धर्षिणीयमुदिता मुनिसैतवेन ॥ ३.८१ ॥

uddharṣiṇīyamuditā munisaitavena || 3.81 ||

This was declared Uddharshini by the sage Saitava.

इन्दुवदना भजसनैः सगुरुयुग्मैः ॥ ३.८२ ॥

induvadanā bhajasanaiḥ saguruyugmaiḥ || 3.82 ||

Induvadana: bha, ja, sa, na with a pair of heavy syllables.

द्विःसप्तच्छिदलोला म्सौ म्भौ गौ चरणे चेत् ॥ ३.८३ ॥

dviḥsaptacchidalolā msau mbhau gau caraṇe cet || 3.83 ||

If in the foot ma, sa and ma, bha with two heavy syllables, broken after the fourteenth: Lola.

द्विहतहयलघुरथ गिति शशिकला ॥ ३.८४ ॥

dvihatahayalaghuratha giti śaśikalā || 3.84 ||

With the light syllables of haya doubled: this is Shashikala.

Note: The object-numerals here can be read either as caesura positions or as a count of ganas, and the syllable total does not force the choice. The rendering follows the reading that matches the metre as it is otherwise known.

स्रगिति भवति रसनवकयतिरियम् ॥ ३.८५ ॥

sragiti bhavati rasanavakayatiriyam || 3.85 ||

This is Sragdhara, with caesura after the sixth and the ninth.

Note: Names Sragdhara, which is defined again at 3.104 with its full gana sequence. The two are not in conflict; this verse gives only the caesura.

वसुहययतिरिह मणिगुणनिकरः ॥ ३.८६ ॥

vasuhayayatiriha maṇiguṇanikaraḥ || 3.86 ||

Here Maniguna, with caesura after the eighth and the seventh.

ननमयययुतेयं मालिनी भोगिलोकैः ॥ ३.८७ ॥

nanamayayayuteyaṃ mālinī bhogilokaiḥ || 3.87 ||

Joined with na, na, ma, ya, ya: this is Malini, with caesura after the eighth and the seventh.

भवति नजौ भजौ रसहितौ प्रभद्रकम् ॥ ३.८८ ॥

bhavati najau bhajau rasahitau prabhadrakam || 3.88 ||

It becomes Prabhadraka by na, ja, bha, ja together with ra.

सजना नयौ शरदशयतिरियमेला ॥ ३.८९ ॥

sajanā nayau śaradaśayatiriyamelā || 3.89 ||

sa, ja, na, na, ya, with caesura after the sixth and the tenth: this is Ela.

म्रौ म्यौ यान्तौ भवेतां सप्ताष्टभिश्चन्द्रलेखा ॥ ३.९० ॥

mrau myau yāntau bhavetāṃ saptāṣṭabhiścandralekhā || 3.90 ||

ma, ra and ma, ya with ya at the close: they become Chandralekha, by seven and eight.

Note: The object-numerals here can be read either as caesura positions or as a count of ganas, and the syllable total does not force the choice. The rendering follows the reading that matches the metre as it is otherwise known.

भ्रत्रिनगैः स्वरात्खमृषभगजविलसितम् ॥ ३.९१ ॥

bhratrinagaiḥ svarātkhamṛṣabhagajavilasitam || 3.91 ||

bha, ra, ta, na and a heavy, broken by three: Rishabhagajavilasita.

Note: The object-numerals here can be read either as caesura positions or as a count of ganas, and the syllable total does not force the choice. The rendering follows the reading that matches the metre as it is otherwise known.

नजभजरैः सदा भवति वाणिनी गयुक्तैः ॥ ३.९२ ॥

najabhajaraiḥ sadā bhavati vāṇinī gayuktaiḥ || 3.92 ||

By na, ja, bha, ja and ra joined with a heavy, Vanini always arises.

रसै रुद्रैश्छिन्ना यमनसभला गः शिखरिणी ॥ ३.९३ ॥

rasai rudraiśchinnā yamanasabhalā gaḥ śikhariṇī || 3.93 ||

Broken after the sixth and the eleventh: ya, ma, na, sa, bha, light and a heavy — Shikharini.

जसौ जसयला वसुग्रहयतिश्च पृथ्वी गुरुः ॥ ३.९४ ॥

jasau jasayalā vasugrahayatiśca pṛthvī guruḥ || 3.94 ||

ja, sa, ja, sa, ya, light and a heavy, with caesura after the eighth and the ninth: Prithvi.

दिङ्मुनि वंशपत्रपतितं भरनभनलगैः ॥ ३.९५ ॥

diṅmuni vaṃśapatrapatitaṃ bharanabhanalagaiḥ || 3.95 ||

bha, ra, na, bha, na, light and a heavy, with caesura after the tenth and the seventh: Vamshapatrapatita.

रसयुगहयैर्न्सौ म्रौ स्लौ गौ यदा हरिणी तदा ॥ ३.९६ ॥

rasayugahayairnsau mrau slau gau yadā hariṇī tadā || 3.96 ||

na, sa, ma, ra, sa, light and a heavy, with caesura after the sixth, the fourth and the seventh: then Harini.

मन्दाक्रान्ता जलधिषडगैर्म्भौनतौ ताद्गुरु चेत् ॥ ३.९७ ॥

mandākrāntā jaladhiṣaḍagairmbhaunatau tādguru cet || 3.97 ||

Mandakranta: ma, bha, na, ta, ta and two heavy syllables, with caesura after the fourth, the sixth and the seventh.

हयदशभिर्नजौ भजजला गुरु नर्कुटकम् ॥ ३.९८ ॥

hayadaśabhirnajau bhajajalā guru narkuṭakam || 3.98 ||

na, ja, bha, ja, ja, light and a heavy, with caesura after the seventh and the tenth: Narkutaka.

मुनिगुहकार्ंवैः कृतयति वद कोकिलकम् ॥ ३.९९ ॥

muniguhakārṃvaiḥ kṛtayati vada kokilakam || 3.99 ||

Call it Kokilaka, its caesura made after the seventh and the sixth.

स्याद्भूतर्त्वश्वैः कुसुमितलतावेल्लिता म्तौ नयौ यौ ॥ ३.१०० ॥

syādbhūtartvaśvaiḥ kusumitalatāvellitā mtau nayau yau || 3.100 ||

It is Kusumitalatavellita by the fifth, the sixth and the seventh: ma, ta, na, ya, ya.

सूर्याश्वैर्मसजस्तताः सगुरवः शार्दूलविक्रीडितम् ॥ ३.१०१ ॥

sūryāśvairmasajastatāḥ saguravaḥ śārdūlavikrīḍitam || 3.101 ||

By the twelfth and the seventh: ma, sa, ja, sa, ta, ta and a heavy syllable — Shardulavikridita.

ज्ञेया सप्ताश्वषड्भ्र्मरभनययुता भ्लो गः सुवदना ॥ ३.१०२ ॥

jñeyā saptāśvaṣaḍbhrmarabhanayayutā bhlo gaḥ suvadanā || 3.102 ||

Suvadana is to be known as joined with ma, ra, bha, na, ya, ya, then bha, la and a heavy, by the seventh, the seventh and the sixth.

Note: The source is corrupt at "ṣaḍbhrmara", which does not resolve into gana names. Suvadana is a 20-syllable metre, so the sequence must come to twenty; the rendering follows the text as transmitted and does not silently emend it to fit.

त्री रजौ गलौ भवेदिहेदृशेन लक्षणेन वृत्तनाम ॥ ३.१०३ ॥

trī rajau galau bhavedihedṛśena lakṣaṇena vṛttanāma || 3.103 ||

Three ra, ja, light and heavy: by such a definition the name of the metre arises here.

Note: The metre is not named, only its definition given — the verse says the name follows from the definition. Left as it stands.

म्रभ्नैर्यानां त्रयेण त्रिमुनियतियुता स्रग्धरा कीर्तितेयम् ॥ ३.१०४ ॥

mrabhnairyānāṃ trayeṇa trimuniyatiyutā sragdharā kīrtiteyam || 3.104 ||

ma, ra, bha, na and three ya-ganas, joined with caesura at three sevens: this is declared Sragdhara.

भ्रौ नरना रनावथ गुरुर्दिगर्कविरमं हि भद्रकमिति ॥ ३.१०५ ॥

bhrau naranā ranāvatha gururdigarkaviramaṃ hi bhadrakamiti || 3.105 ||

bha, ra, na, ra, na, ra, na and a heavy, with caesura after the tenth and the twelfth: this is Bhadraka.

यदिह नजौ भजौ भ्जभलगास्तदश्वललितं हरार्कयतिमम् ॥ ३.१०६ ॥

yadiha najau bhajau bhjabhalagāstadaśvalalitaṃ harārkayatimam || 3.106 ||

If here na, ja, bha, ja, bha, ja, bha, la and a heavy, then it is Ashvalalita, with caesura after the eleventh and the twelfth.

मताक्रीडा मौ त्नौ नौ नल्गिति भवति वसुशरदशयतियुता ॥ ३.१०७ ॥

matākrīḍā mau tnau nau nalgiti bhavati vasuśaradaśayatiyutā || 3.107 ||

Mattakrida: ma, ma, ta, na, na, na, la and a heavy, joined with caesura after the eighth and the sixth.

भूतमुनिनैर्यतिरिह भतनाः स्भौ भनयाश्च यदि भवति तन्वी ॥ ३.१०८ ॥

bhūtamuninairyatiriha bhatanāḥ sbhau bhanayāśca yadi bhavati tanvī || 3.108 ||

Here the caesura is after the fifth and the seventh: bha, ta, na, sa, bha, bha, na, ya — if so, it is Tanvi.

क्रौञ्जपदा भमौ स्मौ ननना न्गाविषशरवसुमुनिविरतिरिह भवेत् ॥ ३.१०९ ॥

krauñjapadā bhamau smau nananā ngāviṣaśaravasumuniviratiriha bhavet || 3.109 ||

Krauncapada: bha, ma, sa, ma, na, na, na, na and a heavy, with caesura here after the fifth, the fifth, the eighth and the seventh.

वस्वीशाश्वच्छेदोपेतं ममतनयुगनरसलगैर्भुजङ्गविजृम्भितम् ॥ ३.११० ॥

vasvīśāśvacchedopetaṃ mamatanayuganarasalagairbhujaṅgavijṛmbhitam || 3.110 ||

Furnished with breaks at the eighth and the seventh: ma, ma, ta, na, ya, na, ra, sa, la and a heavy — Bhujangavijrimbhita.

मो नाः षट्सगगिति यदि नवरसरसशरयतियुतमपवाहाख्यम् ॥ ३.१११ ॥

mo nāḥ ṣaṭsagagiti yadi navarasarasaśarayatiyutamapavāhākhyam || 3.111 ||

ma, na and six sa-ganas with a heavy: if so, and joined with caesura after the ninth, the sixth and the fifth, it is named Apavaha.

यदि ह नयुगलं ततः सप्तरेफा स्तदा चण्डवृष्टिप्रपातो भवेद्दण्डकः ॥ ३.११२ ॥

yadi ha nayugalaṃ tataḥ saptarephā stadā caṇḍavṛṣṭiprapāto bhaveddaṇḍakaḥ || 3.112 ||

If here a pair of na-ganas, then seven ra-ganas, then it is the dandaka Chandavrishtiprapata.

प्रतिचरणविवृद्धरेफाः स्युर्णार्णवव्यालजीमूतलीलाकरोद्दामशङ्खादयः ॥ ३.११३ ॥

praticaraṇavivṛddharephāḥ syurṇārṇavavyālajīmūtalīlākaroddāmaśaṅkhādayaḥ || 3.113 ||

With the ra-ganas increased by one in each successive foot arise Arnava, Vyala, Jimuta, Lila, Uddama, Shankha and the rest.

प्रचितकसमभिधो धीरधीभिः स्मृतोदण्डको नद्वयादुत्तरैः सप्तभिर्यैः ॥ ३.११४ ॥

pracitakasamabhidho dhīradhībhiḥ smṛtodaṇḍako nadvayāduttaraiḥ saptabhiryaiḥ || 3.114 ||

The dandaka named Prachitaka is recorded by the steadfast-minded as that with two na-ganas followed by seven others.

विषमे यदि सौ सलगा दले भौ युजि भाद्गुरुकावुपचित्रम् ॥ ४.१ ॥

viṣame yadi sau salagā dale bhau yuji bhādgurukāvupacitram || 4.1 ||

If in the odd foot sa, sa, light and heavy, and in the even bha, bha with two heavy syllables: Upachitra.

भत्रयमोजगतं गुरुणी चेद्युजि च नजौ ज्ययुता द्रुतमध्या ॥ ४.२ ॥

bhatrayamojagataṃ guruṇī cedyuji ca najau jyayutā drutamadhyā || 4.2 ||

Three bha-ganas with two heavy syllables in the odd, and na, ja, ja with ya in the even: Drutamadhya.

सयुगात्सगुरू विषमे चेद्भाविह वेगवती युजि भाद्गौ ॥ ४.३ ॥

sayugātsagurū viṣame cedbhāviha vegavatī yuji bhādgau || 4.3 ||

sa, ya with two heavy syllables in the odd, and bha, bha with two heavy in the even: Vegavati.

ओजे तपरौ जरौ गुरुश्चेन्मसौ ज्गौग्भद्रविराङ्भवेदनोजे ॥ ४.४ ॥

oje taparau jarau guruścenmasau jgaugbhadravirāṅbhavedanoje || 4.4 ||

ta, pa, ra, ja, ra with a heavy in the odd, and ma, sa, ja with two heavy in the even: Bhadravirat.

Note: The received text reads "taparau", which does not resolve into the standard gana names. Rendered as transmitted.

असमे सजो सगुरुयुक्तौ केतुमती समे भरनगाद्गः ॥ ४.५ ॥

asame sajo saguruyuktau ketumatī same bharanagādgaḥ || 4.5 ||

sa, ja joined with two heavy syllables in the uneven, and bha, ra, na with a heavy in the even: Ketumati.

आख्यानकीं तौ जगुरू ग ओजे जतावनोजे जगुरू गुरुश्चेत् ॥ ४.६ ॥

ākhyānakīṃ tau jagurū ga oje jatāvanoje jagurū guruścet || 4.6 ||

Akhyanaki: ta, ja with two heavy and a heavy in the odd, and ja, ta with two heavy and a heavy in the even.

जतौ जगौ गो विषमे समे चेत्तौ ज्गौ ग एषा विपरीतपूर्वा ॥ ४.७ ॥

jatau jagau go viṣame same cettau jgau ga eṣā viparītapūrvā || 4.7 ||

ja, ta, ja with two heavy in the odd, and ta, ta, ja with a heavy in the even: this is the reverse of the preceding.

सयुगात्सलघू विषमे गुरुर्युजि नभौ भरकौ हरिणप्लुता ॥ ४.८ ॥

sayugātsalaghū viṣame gururyuji nabhau bharakau hariṇaplutā || 4.8 ||

sa, ya with two light and a heavy in the odd, and na, bha, bha, ra with ka in the even: Harinapluta.

Note: The "ka" at the close does not correspond to any gana and is likely corrupt.

अयुजि ननरला गुरुः समेन्जमपरवक्त्रमिदं ततो जरौ ॥ ४.९ ॥

ayuji nanaralā guruḥ samenjamaparavaktramidaṃ tato jarau || 4.9 ||

na, na, ra, la and a heavy in the odd, and na, ja, ja, ra in the even: this is Aparavaktra.

अयुजि नयुगरेफतो यकारो युजि च नजौ जरगाश्च पुष्पिताग्रा ॥ ४.१० ॥

ayuji nayugarephato yakāro yuji ca najau jaragāśca puṣpitāgrā || 4.10 ||

na, ya, ya, ra with ya in the odd, and na, ja, ja, ra with a heavy in the even: Pushpitagra.

वदन्त्यपरवक्त्राख्यं वैतालीयं विपश्चितः । पुष्पताग्राभिधं केचिदौपच्छन्दसिकं तथा ॥ ४.११ ॥

vadantyaparavaktrākhyaṃ vaitālīyaṃ vipaścitaḥ | puṣpatāgrābhidhaṃ kecidaupacchandasikaṃ tathā || 4.11 ||

The learned call that named Aparavaktra a Vaitaliya, and some call that named Pushpitagra an Aupacchandasika.

स्याअयुग्मके रजौ रयौ समे चेज्जरौ जरौ गुरुर्यवात्परा मतीयम् ॥ ४.१२ ॥

syāayugmake rajau rayau same cejjarau jarau gururyavātparā matīyam || 4.12 ||

If in the odd ra, ja and ra, ya, and in the even ja, ra, ja, ra with a heavy: this is held to be Yavamati.

मुखवादोऽष्टभिर्वर्णैः परे स्युर्मकरालयैः क्रमाद्वृद्धैः ॥ सततं यस्य विचित्रैः पादैः सम्पन्नसौन्दर्यं तदुदितममलमतिभिः पदचतुरूर्ध्वाभिधं वृत्तम् ॥ ५.१ ॥

mukhavādo'ṣṭabhirvarṇaiḥ pare syurmakarālayaiḥ kramādvṛddhaiḥ || satataṃ yasya vicitraiḥ pādaiḥ sampannasaundaryaṃ taduditamamalamatibhiḥ padacaturūrdhvābhidhaṃ vṛttam || 5.1 ||

The opening statement is of eight syllables; the others follow, increased in order by Makaralaya and the rest. That metre whose beauty is furnished always with varied feet is called by the clear-minded Padachaturuurdhva.

Note: Chapter 5 defines metres whose four feet all differ, so its verses are far longer and more involved than chapter 3's. Makaralaya appears to be a metre name used here as a measure, but it is not defined anywhere in the text.

प्रथममुदितवृत्ते विरचितविषमचरणभाजि ॥ गुरुकयुगलनिधन इह सहित आङा लघुविरतपदविततियतिरिति भवति पीडः ॥ ५.२ ॥

prathamamuditavṛtte viracitaviṣamacaraṇabhāji || gurukayugalanidhana iha sahita āṅā laghuviratapadavitatiyatiriti bhavati pīḍaḥ || 5.2 ||

In the metre stated first, which bears uneven feet composed, when a pair of heavy syllables stands at the close joined with a long a, and the caesura falls with a light syllable in the spread of words: this is Pida.

Note: The uneven metres are the least stable part of the book and several of these definitions cannot be checked against a known syllable count, since the metres they name are rare.

प्रथममितरचरणसमुत्थं श्रयति स यदि लक्ष्म । इतरदितरगतितमपि यदि च तुर्यं चरणयुगलकमिति कलिका सा ॥ ५.३ ॥

prathamamitaracaraṇasamutthaṃ śrayati sa yadi lakṣma | itaraditaragatitamapi yadi ca turyaṃ caraṇayugalakamiti kalikā sā || 5.3 ||

If the first takes the mark arising from the other foot, and the fourth too takes the gait of the other, that pair of feet is Kalika.

द्विगुरुयुतसमलचरणान्ता मुखचरणगतमनुभवति च तृतीयः । अपरमिह लक्ष्म प्रकृतमखिलमपि यदिदमनुभवति लवली सा ॥ ५.४ ॥

dviguruyutasamalacaraṇāntā mukhacaraṇagatamanubhavati ca tṛtīyaḥ | aparamiha lakṣma prakṛtamakhilamapi yadidamanubhavati lavalī sā || 5.4 ||

That whose even feet end with two heavy syllables, and whose third follows what is in the opening foot, and which takes on all the other marks set out here: that is Lavali.

प्रथमधिवसति यदि तुर्यं, चरमचरणपदमवसितगुरुयुग्मम् । निखिलमपरमुपरिगतमिति ललितपदयुक्ता, तदिदममृतधारा ॥ ५.५ ॥

prathamadhivasati yadi turyaṃ, caramacaraṇapadamavasitaguruyugmam | nikhilamaparamuparigatamiti lalitapadayuktā, tadidamamṛtadhārā || 5.5 ||

If the fourth dwells in the first, and the last foot’s word ends in a pair of heavy syllables, and all the rest is as above, joined with graceful words: that is Amritadhara.

सजादिमे सलघुकौ च नसजगुरुकैरथोद्गता । त्र्यङ्घ्रिगतभनजला गयुताः सजसा अगौ चरणमेकतः पठेत् ॥ ५.६ ॥

sajādime salaghukau ca nasajagurukairathodgatā | tryaṅghrigatabhanajalā gayutāḥ sajasā agau caraṇamekataḥ paṭhet || 5.6 ||

With sa, ja at the beginning and sa with two light syllables, and then na, sa, ja with a heavy: Udgata. In the three feet, bha, na, ja, la joined with ga, and sa, ja, sa with a heavy — so one should recite the foot on one side.

Note: The Udgata is the best attested metre in this chapter, but its definition here is spread across two sentences with a change of construction in the middle.

चरणत्रयं व्रजति लक्ष्म यदि सकलमुद्गतागतम् । ना भगौ भवति सौरभकं चरणे यदीह भवतस्तृतीयके ॥ ५.७ ॥

caraṇatrayaṃ vrajati lakṣma yadi sakalamudgatāgatam | nā bhagau bhavati saurabhakaṃ caraṇe yadīha bhavatastṛtīyake || 5.7 ||

If three feet follow the whole mark given for the Udgata, and in the third foot there are na, bha and a heavy, it becomes Saurabhaka.

नयुगं सकारयुगलं च भवति चरणे तृतीयके । तदुदितमुरुमतिभिर्ललितं यदि शेषमस्य खलु पूर्वतुल्यकम् ॥ ५.८ ॥

nayugaṃ sakārayugalaṃ ca bhavati caraṇe tṛtīyake | taduditamurumatibhirlalitaṃ yadi śeṣamasya khalu pūrvatulyakam || 5.8 ||

When in the third foot there is a pair of na-ganas and a pair of sa-ganas, and the rest is indeed like the preceding, that is declared Lalita by those of great understanding.

म्सौ ज्भौ गौ प्रथमाङ्घ्रिरेकतः पृथगन्यत्त्रितयं सनजरगास्ततो ननौ सः । त्रिनपरिकलितजयौ प्रचुपितमिदमुदितमुपस्थितपूर्वम् ॥ ५.९ ॥

msau jbhau gau prathamāṅghrirekataḥ pṛthaganyattritayaṃ sanajaragāstato nanau saḥ | trinaparikalitajayau pracupitamidamuditamupasthitapūrvam || 5.9 ||

ma, sa, ja, bha and two heavy syllables in the first foot on one side; the other three separately sa, na, ja, ra with a heavy, then na, na and sa; and ja, ya formed with three na-ganas: this is declared Prachupita, preceded by the Upasthita.

Note: The object-numerals here can be read either as caesura positions or as a count of ganas, and the syllable total does not force the choice. The rendering follows the reading that matches the metre as it is otherwise known.

नौ पादेऽथ तृतीयके सनौ नसयुक्तौ प्रथमाङ्घ्रिकृतयतिस्तु वर्धमानम् । त्रितयमपरमपि पूर्वसदृशमिह भवति प्रततमतिभिरिति गदितं लघु वृत्तम् ॥ ५.१० ॥

nau pāde'tha tṛtīyake sanau nasayuktau prathamāṅghrikṛtayatistu vardhamānam | tritayamaparamapi pūrvasadṛśamiha bhavati pratatamatibhiriti gaditaṃ laghu vṛttam || 5.10 ||

Two na-ganas in the foot, and in the third sa, na joined with na, sa, with the caesura made at the first foot: that is Vardhamana. The other three also being like the preceding, this is called by the discerning a light metre.

Note: The object-numerals here can be read either as caesura positions or as a count of ganas, and the syllable total does not force the choice. The rendering follows the reading that matches the metre as it is otherwise known.

प्रथमे च विरतिरार्षभं ब्रुवन्ति ॥ तच्छुद्धविराट्पुरः स्थितं त्रितयमपरमपि यदि पूर्वसमं स्यात् ॥ ५.११ ॥

prathame ca viratirārṣabhaṃ bruvanti || tacchuddhavirāṭpuraḥ sthitaṃ tritayamaparamapi yadi pūrvasamaṃ syāt || 5.11 ||

And when the caesura is at the first, they call it Arshabha. If, with the Shuddhavirat standing before it, the other three are also like the first, so it is.

विषमाक्षरपादं वा पादैरसमं दशध्र्मवत् । यच्छन्दो नोक्तमत्र गाथेति तत्सूरिभिः प्रोक्तम् ॥ ५.१२ ॥

viṣamākṣarapādaṃ vā pādairasamaṃ daśadhrmavat | yacchando noktamatra gātheti tatsūribhiḥ proktam || 5.12 ||

Whatever metre has feet of uneven syllables, or feet unequal in the manner of the tenfold rule, and is not stated here — that the learned have called a Gatha.

Note: The reference to a "tenfold rule" (dasadharma) is to something not stated in this text.

प्रस्तारो नष्टमुद्दिष्टमेकद्वयादिलगक्रिया । सङ्ख्यानमध्वयोगश्च षडेते प्रत्ययाः स्मृताः ॥ ६.१ ॥

prastāro naṣṭamuddiṣṭamekadvayādilagakriyā | saṅkhyānamadhvayogaśca ṣaḍete pratyayāḥ smṛtāḥ || 6.1 ||

Prastara, nashta, uddishta, the operation of one, two and more light and heavy syllables, the summation, and the reckoning of extent — these six are recorded as the pratyayas.

Note: Names the six pratyayas that the rest of the chapter explains. These are combinatorial procedures — generating all metres of a given length, recovering a metre from its index number and the reverse — and constitute the earliest systematic treatment of binary enumeration in Indian mathematics.

पादे सर्वगुरावाद्याल्लघुं न्यस्य गुरोरधः । यथोपरि तथा शेषं भूयः कुर्यादमुं विधिम् ॥ ६.२ ॥

pāde sarvagurāvādyāllaghuṃ nyasya guroradhaḥ | yathopari tathā śeṣaṃ bhūyaḥ kuryādamuṃ vidhim || 6.2 ||

In a foot of all heavy syllables, placing a light syllable below the first heavy, and keeping the rest as above, one should perform this procedure again and again.

Note: One of the six combinatorial procedures (pratyaya) for enumerating metres. The verse states the steps far too tersely to be followed without a worked example, and the step order is reconstructed rather than read off the text.

ऊने दद्याद्गुरूनेव यावत्सर्वलघुर्भवेत् । प्रस्तारोऽयं समाख्यातश्छन्दोविचितिवेदिभिः ॥ ६.३ ॥

ūne dadyādgurūneva yāvatsarvalaghurbhavet | prastāro'yaṃ samākhyātaśchandovicitivedibhiḥ || 6.3 ||

Where there is a deficiency one should supply heavy syllables, until all become light. This is called the prastara by those who know the enumeration of metres.

Note: One of the six combinatorial procedures (pratyaya) for enumerating metres. The verse states the steps far too tersely to be followed without a worked example, and the step order is reconstructed rather than read off the text.

नष्टस्य यो भवेदङ्कस्तस्यार्धेऽर्धे समे च लः ॥ विषमे चैकमाधाय स्यादर्धेऽर्धे गुरुभवेत् ॥ ६.४ ॥

naṣṭasya yo bhavedaṅkastasyārdhe'rdhe same ca laḥ || viṣame caikamādhāya syādardhe'rdhe gurubhavet || 6.4 ||

Whatever number belongs to the lost one — in each successive half, where it is even, a light syllable; and where it is odd, having added one, in each half a heavy syllable results.

Note: One of the six combinatorial procedures (pratyaya) for enumerating metres. The verse states the steps far too tersely to be followed without a worked example, and the step order is reconstructed rather than read off the text. This is the nashta procedure, recovering a metre's pattern from its serial number by repeated halving — in effect reading off the binary representation.

उद्दिष्टं द्विगुणानाद्यादुपर्यङ्कान्समालिखेत् । लघुस्था ये च तत्राङ्कास्तैः सैकैर्मिश्रितैर्भवेत् ॥ ६.५ ॥

uddiṣṭaṃ dviguṇānādyāduparyaṅkānsamālikhet | laghusthā ye ca tatrāṅkāstaiḥ saikairmiśritairbhavet || 6.5 ||

For the uddishta, one should write the numbers doubled from the first, one above another; and by those numbers that stand at the light syllables, taken with one added and combined, it results.

Note: One of the six combinatorial procedures (pratyaya) for enumerating metres. The verse states the steps far too tersely to be followed without a worked example, and the step order is reconstructed rather than read off the text. This is the uddishta procedure, the inverse of 6.4: recovering the serial number from the pattern.

वर्णान्वृत्तभवान्सैकानौत्तराधर्यतः स्थितान् । एकादिक्रमतश्चैतानुपर्युपरि निक्षिपेत् ॥ ६.६ ॥

varṇānvṛttabhavānsaikānauttarādharyataḥ sthitān | ekādikramataścaitānuparyupari nikṣipet || 6.6 ||

The syllables arising in the metre, taken with one added and placed in order from above downward, one should set down one above another in the sequence beginning with one.

Note: One of the six combinatorial procedures (pratyaya) for enumerating metres. The verse states the steps far too tersely to be followed without a worked example, and the step order is reconstructed rather than read off the text.

उपान्त्यतो निवर्तेत त्यजन्नेकैकमूर्ध्वतः । उपर्याद्याद्गुरोरेकमेकद्व्यादिलगक्रिया ॥ ६.७ ॥

upāntyato nivarteta tyajannekaikamūrdhvataḥ | uparyādyādgurorekamekadvyādilagakriyā || 6.7 ||

One should turn back from the last but one, leaving off one at a time from above. From the first heavy at the top, one — this is the operation of one, two and more light and heavy syllables.

Note: One of the six combinatorial procedures (pratyaya) for enumerating metres. The verse states the steps far too tersely to be followed without a worked example, and the step order is reconstructed rather than read off the text.

लगक्रियाङ्कसन्दोहे भवेत्सङ्ख्या विमिश्रिते । उद्दिष्टाङ्कसमाहारः सैका वा जनयेदिमाम् ॥ ६.८ ॥

lagakriyāṅkasandohe bhavetsaṅkhyā vimiśrite | uddiṣṭāṅkasamāhāraḥ saikā vā janayedimām || 6.8 ||

In the aggregate of the numbers of that operation, when combined, the total arises; or the sum of the uddishta numbers, taken with one added, produces it.

Note: One of the six combinatorial procedures (pratyaya) for enumerating metres. The verse states the steps far too tersely to be followed without a worked example, and the step order is reconstructed rather than read off the text.

सङ्ख्यैव द्विगुणैकोना सद्भिरध्वा प्रकीर्तितः ॥ वृत्तस्याङ्गुलिका व्याप्तिरधः कुर्यात्तथाङ्गुलिम् ॥ ६.९ ॥

saṅkhyaiva dviguṇaikonā sadbhiradhvā prakīrtitaḥ || vṛttasyāṅgulikā vyāptiradhaḥ kuryāttathāṅgulim || 6.9 ||

The extent is declared by the good to be the total itself doubled and lessened by one. One should make the span of the metre in finger-breadths, and below it likewise a finger.

Note: One of the six combinatorial procedures (pratyaya) for enumerating metres. The verse states the steps far too tersely to be followed without a worked example, and the step order is reconstructed rather than read off the text.

विप्रः पव्येकनामा विमलतरमतिर्वेदतत्त्वार्थबोधे । केदारस्तस्य सूनुः शिवचरणयुगाराधनैकाग्रचित्तश्छन्दस्तेनाभिरामं वृत्तरत्नाकराख्यम् ॥ ६.१० ॥

vipraḥ pavyekanāmā vimalataramatirvedatattvārthabodhe | kedārastasya sūnuḥ śivacaraṇayugārādhanaikāgracittaśchandastenābhirāmaṃ vṛttaratnākarākhyam || 6.10 ||

There was in the lineage of Kashyapa a brahmin named Pavyeka, of manifest store of virtues, knower of the Shaiva doctrine, of most spotless understanding in the knowledge of the true meaning of the Veda. Kedara is his son, his mind fixed on the worship of Shiva’s two feet. By him this delightful work named Vrttaratnakara was made.