Sanskrit-Meter 2009 Devanagari
Sanskrit-Meter 2009 Devanagari
Sanskrit-Meter 2009 Devanagari
Sanskrit Metres
֣֗ᱫ֞֟֔շ֞
(With Devanāgarī Script)
PREPARED JOINTLY BY
Kashinath Nyaupane and Wieslaw Mical
1
Copyright©2009 Rangjung Yeshe Institute
and Professor Kashinath Nyaupane
2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Lexicon of Sanskrit prosody 5
Definitions of gaṇas 6
Illustrations of the main 33 Sanskrit metres 7
A. Samavṛtta metres: 8
(the number of syllables in a pāda is given in brackets)
1. śaśivadanā (6) 8
2. vidyullekhā (6) 9
3. anuṣṭubh (8) 10
4. pramāṇikā (8) 12
5. indravajrā (11) 13
6. upendravajrā (11) 14
7. upajāti (11) 15
8. śālinī (11) 16
9. rathoddhatā (11) 17
10. svāgatā (11) 18
11. indirā (11) 19
12. vaṃśastha (12) 20
13. bhujaṅgaprayāta (12) 21
14. toṭaka (12) 22
15. sragviṇī (12) 23
16. drutavilambita (12) 24
17. praharṣiṇī (12) 25
18. vasantatilakā (14) 26
19. mālinī (15) 27
20. pañcacāmara (16) 28
21. śikhariṇī (17) 29
22. pṛthvī (17) 30
23. mandākrāntā (17) 31
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MÃWL
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MÃWL
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MÃWL
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վ֑վ֑֛֧֛֚֟֙֞֡֒᳸ֈ֟֊
֒᭥֑շ᳸ֈ֟֊֚֘֨֔֡ֆ֧׀
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ׁׄ֞ᮢ֞֟᭜շ֞վ֞֟ֆզ׀
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Lexicon of Sanskrit Prosody
• akṣara – a syllable
• ardhasamavṛtta – a sub-category of vṛtta, where the alternate
pādas have the same prosodic structure.
• gadya – prose
gaṇa – a prosodic unit of three syllables (akṣara); there are
JíWL JíWL
•
eight gaṇas, as there are eight possible permutations of short
JíWL and long syllables in a group of three.
32. gīti • guru – a ‘heavy’ (long) syllable
• jāti – a sub-category of padya, where a pāda is defined by the
վ֑֟֘֗֘᭑շ֒֘᭥֏֫
jaya śivaśaṅkara śambho number of syllabic ‘measures’ (mātrā).
jaya girijādhīśa.
վ֑֟չᳯ֒վ֞։ֿ֠֘
jaya jaya sāmba sadāśiva
• laghu – a ‘light’ (short) syllable
• mātrā – a ‘measure’ used in specifying the length of a pāda in
վ֑վ֑֚֞᭥֎֚ֈ֞֟֘֗
paśupati jagadīśa..
metres of jāti type; a short (laghu) syllable measures 1 mātrā,
oṁ hara֘֡ ֟ֆվչֈ֠֘׀
hara hara mahādeva.. and a long (guru) syllable, 2 mātrās.
• pāda – a quarter-verse. It may be subdivided into gaṇas, i.e.
Ა֛֛֛֛֒֒֒֞ֈ֧֗׀ prosodic units of three syllables.
• padya – a stanza (which is subdivided into four pādas); any
֞׃׃ᮢ֞֟᭜շ֞չ֠֟ֆզ׀
22 mātrātmikā gītiḥ. composition in verse.
• samavṛtta – a sub-category of vṛtta, where all pādas have the
Gīti has 22 mātrās (in a pāda). same prosodic structure.
• viṣamavṛtta – a sub-category of vṛtta, where all pādas have a
The yati is 12 mātrās by 10. different prosodic structure.
• vṛtta – a sub-category of padya, where the prosodic structure
of a pāda is defined by the number and position (short versus
long) of syllables.
• yati – the way in which the caesura divides a pāda. E.g., if the
caesura divides an 11 syllable pāda into groups of seven and
four syllables, we denote that yati as 7 by 4.
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C. Jāti Metres
Definitions of gaṇas
( ‘⌣’ stands for a short syllable, and ‘‒’, for a long one):
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• ya ⌣ ‒ ‒
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• ra ‒ ⌣ ‒
• ta ‒ ‒ ⌣ ÃU\Ã
• bha ‒ ⌣ ⌣ ÃU\Ã
• ja ⌣ ‒ ⌣ 31. āryā
• sa ⌣⌣ ‒ mṛgamīnasajjanānāṃ
֣չ֠֊֚Ჯ֊֞֊֞ե
tṛṇajalasantoṣavihitavṛttīnām.
• ma ‒ ‒ ‒
lubdhakadhīvarapiśunā
ֆ֣օվ֚֔᭠ֆ֛֫֙֟֗֟ֆ֣֗ ᱫ֠֊ֿ֭֞
• na ⌣⌣⌣ niṣkāraṇaṃ vairiṇo jagati..
֔֡᭣։շ։֠֗֒֟֘֡֊֞
The above code-names may be combined, and those combinations
abbreviated, e.g. a combination of na and ya could be expressed by ֟֊᭬շ֞֒օե֗֨ᳯ֒օ֫վչ֟ֆ׀
nayau, or nyau. yasyāḥ pāde prathame dvādaśamātrās tathā tṛtīye ‘pi.
֑֑᭭֞զ֞ֈ֧
ᮧև֧ ᳇֞ֈ֘֞ᮢ֞᭭ֆև֞ֆ֣ ֆֿ֑֧֠֝֟
aṣṭādaśa dvitīye caturthake pañcadaśa sāryāā..
Short and long syllables are denoted by: է᳥֞ֈ֘֟᳇ֆ֑֧֠ռֆ֡ևᭅշ֧Ჱֈ֑֚֘֞֞ᭅ׀
• la (short) The metre whose 1st and 3rd pādas consist of 12 mātrās,
• ga (long) the 2nd of 18 mātrās, and the 4th of 15 mātrās,
is āryā.
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Illustrations of the Main 33 Sanskrit Metres
֛֒վ֠᳡֒᭒֑֡ֆե ᮧ֧᳒׀
(from the Yogavāsiṣṭham)
է֑֡֟վ֊֑֡
ayuji չ֧֒ ᳰ֍ֆ֑֫շ֞֒֫
nayugarephito yakāro
yuji
֑֡֟վֆ֡֊վ֬վ֒չ᳟֞֡ca
tu najau jaragāś puṣpitāgrā.
᭬֟ֆ֞ᮕ֞׀
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A. Samavṛtta Metres
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1. śaśivadanā (6 syllables to a pāda) 29. śiśulīlā (11 and 12 syllables)
֘֟֘֗ֈ֊֞֊֞ե ֚֡ չֆ֞᭠֚֚֡
sugatān ֆ֞᭠֚։ᭅ
sasutān շ֑֞֞֊֭
sadharmakāyān
praṇipatyādarato ‘khilāṃś ca vandyān.
ᮯվֆᱧօ֠֊ֿ֭֞ ᮧ֟օ᭜֑֞ֈ֒ֆ֫֝֟ո֔֞ե
sugatātmajasaṃvarāvatāraṃ ᳟֗᭠᳒֞֊ֿ֭
է։֚֒֡։֫ᳶ ֚֡ չֆ֞᭜վ֚եyathāgataṃ
kathayiṣyāmi ֗֒֞֗ֆ֞֒ե samāsāt..
։֡ᳯ֒֡֒֨᭒սֆ֭׀ շև֑᭬֑֑֟֞֟և֞չमե֚֚֞֞ֆ֭׀
(Bodhicaryāvatāraḥ 1.1)
֘֟֘֗ֈ֊֞᭠֑֬׀
Śaśivadanā (i.e. its pāda) is composed of na (⌣ ⌣ ⌣) prathame sasajā gayugmayuktā
ᮧև֧֚֚վ֞չ֑֡ ֑֡Ღ֞
and ya (⌣ ‒ ‒). śiśulīlā carame sabhau rayauֆcet.
֟֘֘֡֔֠֔֞ռ֧֚֒֏֑֬֒֬ռ֧ ֭׀
If the first and third pādas consist of sa (⌣ ⌣ ‒),
sa (⌣ ⌣ ‒), ja (⌣ ‒ ⌣), ga (‒) and ga (‒), and
the second and the fourth of sa (⌣ ⌣ ‒),
bha (‒ ⌣ ⌣), ra (‒ ⌣ ‒ ), and ya (⌣ ‒ ‒);
the metre is śiśulīlā.
The yati in the 1st and 3rd pādas is 6 by 5, and in the 2nd
and 4th, 7 by 5.
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B. Ardhasamavṛtta Metres
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28. viyoginī (11 syllables) 2. vidyullekhā (6 syllables)
kṣaṇasampad iyaṃ sudurlabhā
ᭃօ֚᭥ᳰֈ֑ե֚֡ֈ֔ ֡ ᭅ֏֞
pratilabdhā puruṣārthasādhanī. ֒֞։֞վ֞ֆ֞շ֣
rādhā jātā kṛṣṇaḥ᭬օզ
kṛṣṇo jāto rādhā.
ᮧ֟ֆ֔᭣։֞֡
yadi ᱧ֙֞ևᭅhitaṃ
nātra vicintyate ֚֞։֊ֿ֠ շ֣ ᭬օ֫վ֞ֆ֫֒֞։ֿ֞
vṛndāraṇye rāse
punar apy eṣa samāgamaḥ kutaḥ..
֑ᳰֈ֊֞ᮢ֟֗֟ռ᭠᭜֑ֆ֧֛֟ֆե ֣֗ ᭠ֈ֞֒᭛֑֧
sphīte ֧֚֒֞
cāndre
hāse..
The yati in the 1st and 3rd pādas is 6 by 4, and in the 2nd
and 4th pādas, 7 by 4.
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3. anuṣṭubh (8 syllables) 27. sragdharā (21 syllables)
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֗֞չև֞ᭅ ֚֟֗֗᭥֣
vāgarthāviva Ღ֬
sampṛktau ֑֧ ֙֞ե᮰֠᳒֘֫ֈ֚֞֡
yeṣāṃ ֆֈշ֧֔֊֞֟᭭ֆ֏֟Ღ֊ᭅ
śrīmadyaśodāsutapadakamale nāsti bhaktir֒֞օ֞ե
vāgarthapratipattaye. narāṇām
֗֞չևᭅ
jagataḥᮧpitarau
֟ֆᱫ֑֧ ֿ
vande ֑֧ ֙֞֞֟֏֒շ᭠֑֞֟ᮧ֑չ֡
yeṣām օշև֊֧֊֞֊֡nānuraktā
ābhir akanyāpriyaguṇakathane ֒Ღ᭄ֿ֚֞֒֞
վչֆզ֟ֆ֒֬֗᭠ֈ֧
pārvatīparameśvarau.. ֑֧֙֞ե᮰֠շ֣ ᭬օ֔֠֔֞֔֟֔ֆ֚֒շև֞շօᭅrasajñā. ֊֧֊֨֗շօᲃ
yeṣāṃ śrīkṛṣṇalīlālalitarasakathākarṇane naiva karṇo
֞֗ᭅֆ֧֠֒᳡֒֬׀ ֟։Ღ֞֟᭠։Ღ֞֟᭠։չ֧
dhik tān dhik tān dhigֆetān
֞᭠շև֑֟ֆ֚ֆֆե շᳱֆᭅ֊᭭և֣֫ֈ
kathayati satataṃ
kīrtanastho mṛdaṅgaḥ..
(Raghuvaṃśamahākāvyam 1.1) ֣ֈ᭑չզ׀
(Śrīmadbhāgavatam)
չ᭠ֆ֡շ֑֞᭭չ᭠ֆ֡
gantukāmasya ᳟
gantuśca
yathā bhedaḥ pratīyate. ᮫᭤֊֑֨֞ᭅ֊֞եᮢ֑֧
mrabhnair օ֟ᮢ֡trayeṇa
yānāṃ ֟֊֑֟ֆ֑֡ֆtrimuniyatiyutā
֞᮲։֒֞շᳱᳶֆֆ֧sragdharā
֑֭׀
֑և֞֏֧ֈզᮧֆ֑֠ֆֿ֧
tathā bhedo ‘nayor jñeyo kīrtiteyam.
ֆև֞֏֧ֈ֫֝֊᭄֑֫ᱷ
yāthāsaṅkhyena ֑֫
paṇḍitaiḥ.. Sragdharā is said to be composed of ma (‒ ‒ ‒),
ra (‒ ⌣ ‒ ), bha (‒ ⌣ ⌣), na (⌣ ⌣ ⌣) and three
֑և֚֞᭑֑֧֊֟᭛փֆ֨զ׀ ya (⌣ ‒ ‒), with the yati 7 by 7 by 7.
(Bodhicaryāvatāraḥ 1.13)
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26. śārdūlavikrīḍita (19 syllables) Unlike in other metres, the pāda in anuṣṭubh is not subdivided
into gaṇas. Each pāda follows instead the following pattern of
ekeձշ֧satpuruṣāḥ
֚᭜֡ᱧ֙֞զ֒֞ևᭅ պցշ֞զ᭭֗֞և֞ᭅ
parārthaghaṭakāḥ ᭠ᳯ֒᭜֑᭔֑֑֧
svārthān
parityajya ye short and long syllables (‘⌣’ denotes that the syllable may be
sāmānyās tu parārtham udyamabhṛtaḥ svārthāvirodhena short or long):
֚֞֞᭠֑֞᭭ֆ֡֒֞ևᭅ᳒ ֡ ֏֣ֆզ᭭֗֞և֞ᭅ֟֗֒֫։֧֊ye.֑֧
te ֆ֧
‘mī֝֠֞֊֡ ֙֒֞ᭃ֚֞զ֛֒֟ֆ֞᭠᭭֗֞և֞ᭅ
mānuṣarākṣasāḥ parahitān svārthāya֑ ֟नᲩ֟᭠ֆ֑֧
vighnanti ye ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ – – ⌣
ye tu ghnanti nirarthakaṃ parahitaṃ te ke na jānīmahe.. ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ – ⌣ ⌣
֑֧ֆ֡Ჩ֟᭠ֆ֟֊֒ևᭅշե֛֒֟ֆեֆ֧շ֧ ֊վ֞֊֛֧֠׀ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ – – ⌣
⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ ⌣ – ⌣ ⌣
֢֑֚֞ᭅ᳡֨ᭅ֚վ᭭ֆֆզ֚չ֡
sūryāśvair ֒֗զ֘֞ֈ֢
masajastataḥ ֔
ᭅ ֟֗ᮓᳱ֟փֆ֭
saguravaḥ ׀
śārdūlavikrīḍitam. ᳣֫շ֧
śloke᳧֙եչ֡ᱧ᭄֧֑եguru
ṣaṣṭhaṃ ֚֗ᭅᮢjñeyaṃ,
֔պ֡Ჱ֭ ֿ
sarvatra laghu pañcamam.
dvicatuṣpādayoḥ hrasvaṃ, saptamaṃ
֟᳇ռֆ᭬֡֞ֈ֑֫᮳ᭅ᭭֗ե᳙֚եֈ֠պᭅ᭠֑֑֫զ׀ dīrgham anyayoḥ..
Śārdūlavikrīḍita is composed of ma (‒ ‒ ‒), sa (⌣ ⌣ ‒)
ja (⌣ ‒ ⌣), sa (⌣ ⌣ ‒), ta (‒ ‒ ⌣), ta (‒ ‒ ⌣) In anuṣṭubh, the sixth syllable should be known as long; the
and a long syllable, with the yati 12 by 7. fifth one always as short.
In the second and fourth pādas, the seventh syllable is short;
in the other two pādas, long.
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4. pramāṇikā (8 syllables) 25. kokilaka (17 syllables)
֡֊֞ֆ֡bhaktir
punātu ֏֟Ღ֒᭒֑֡ ֆ֞
acyutā վ֑վ֑վ᳭վ֞֟վֆ ֈ֫֙չ֣֏֠ֆչ֡օ֞ե
jaya jaya jahy ajām ajitādoṣagṛbhītaguṇāṃ
sadācyutāṅghripadmayoḥ. tvam asi yadātmanā samavaruddhasamastabhagaḥ.
֚ֈ֞᭒֑֡ֆ֞֟᭑ᮖ֑᳑֫զֿ
śrutismṛtipramāṇikā ᭜֑֚֗֟ֈ֞᭜֊֚֞֗ᱧ֚᭭ֆ֏չզֿ
agajagadokasām akhilaśaktyavabodhaka te
᮰֡֟ֆ֣᭭֟ֆᮧ֞֟օշ֞
bhavāmburāśitārikā.. էչվչֈ֫շ֚֞֟ո֔֘᭜֑֗֎֫։շֆ֧
kvacid ajayātmanā ca carato ‘nucaren nigamaḥ..
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24. hariṇī (17 syllables) 5. indravajrā
ndravajrā (11 syllables)
֎ᱟ֔֒վ֧֚
bahularajase֟֗᳡֫᭜ᱫ֬֏֑֗֞֊֫֊զ
viśvotpattau bhavāya namo namaḥ ֒֞ᮢ֑֬և֧֞ պպ֊֞᭠։շ֧֞֒
rātrau yathā meghaghanāndhakāre
prabalatamase tatsaṃhāre harāya namo namaḥ. vidyut kṣaṇaṃ darśayati prakāśam.
ᮧ֎֔ֆ֧֚
janasukhakṛteֆ᭜֚ե ֛֧֞֒ ֛֑֒֞֊֫֊զֿ
sattvodriktau mṛḍāya namo nama ֟֗᳒֡ ᭜ᭃօեֈ֘ᭅ֑֟ֆᮧշ֭֞֘
buddhānubhāvena tathā kadācilֿ
վ֊֚֡ ոշ֣ ֆ֧pade
pramahasi ֚ᱬ֗֫ᳰᮤᲦ֣֬ փ֑֞֊֫֊զ
nistraiguṇye śivāya namo nama ֎֡ ֞֊֡֏puṇyeṣu
lokasya ֧֞֗֊ֆև֞շֈ֞֟ռ֭֔
matiḥ kṣaṇaṃ syāt..
ᮧ֛֚֟ֈ֧֟֊ᳫ֨չ֡᭛֑֧֑֟֘֗֞֊֫֊զ׀ ֔֫շ֑᭭֡᭛֑֧֙֡֟ֆզᭃօե֑᭭֞ֆ֭׀
֊֚֚֒֔֞չզ֙᭙֧֗
nasamarasalā gaḥֈ֛
֨ṣaḍvedair
֑
ᭅ ֛֨ᳯᭅ ֒օ֠ֆ֞׀ hariṇī matā.
hayair (Bodhicaryāvatāraḥ 1.5)
Hariṇī is composed of na (⌣ ⌣ ⌣), sa (⌣ ⌣ ‒), ma (‒ ‒ ‒), syād indravajrā yadi tau jagau gaḥ.
֑᭭֞ᳰֈ᭠ᮤ֗ᮚ֑֞ᳰֈֆ֬վչ֬չզ׀
ra (‒ ⌣ ‒ ), sa (⌣ ⌣ ‒), la (⌣) and ga (‒),
with the yati 6 by 4 by 7. If it consists of ta (‒ ‒ ⌣), ta (‒ ‒ ⌣), ja (⌣ ‒ ⌣), ga (‒)
and ga (‒), the metre is indravajrā.
The yati is 5 by 6.
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6. upendravajrā (11 syllables) 23. mandākrāntā (17 syllables)
֛֠։֒֞֒᳀֑֞᭭ֆև֞᭠֑֧
mahīdharā ratnamayās tathānye ᭜֑֗֞֞֟֔ᮧօ֑շ֡
tvām ֟ֆ֞եdhāturāgaiḥ
ālikhya praṇayakupitāṃ ։֞ֆ֡֒֞չ֨զ֑֭֟֘֔֞֞
śilāyām
vanapradeśāś ca vivekaramyāḥ. ātmānaṃ te caraṇapatitaṃ yāvad icchāmi kartum.
֗֊ᮧֈ֧ ᳟֧֘֞֟֗֗շ֒᭥֑֞զֿca
latāḥ supuṣpābharaṇojjvalāś ը᭜֞֊ե ֆ֧muhur
asrais tāvan ռ֒օ֟ֆֆե ֑֞֗ᳰֈ᭒ս֞֟շֆ֡
upacitair dṛṣṭir ālipyate me ᭅֿ֭
֔ֆ֞զ֚֡
drumāś ca᭬֡ye֞֏֒օ֫Ჰ᳟֗֔֞
satphalanamraśākhāḥ.. է᮲֨ ᭭ֆ֞֗᭠֡
krūras tasminnᱟapi
ᱧ֟ռֆ֨ ֈ֟ᭅ֣ ᳥֒֞֟֔᭡֑ֆ֧
na sahate saṅgamaṃ֧ kṛtāntaḥ..
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8. śālinī (11 syllables) 21. śikhariṇī (17 syllables)
֡ Ჳ֠֏֢ֆեᮧ֧prema
puñjībhūtaṃ չ֫֞᭑չ֊֞֊֞ե
gopāṅganānāṃ է֊֞ᮖ֞ֆե
anāghrātaṃ֡puṣpaṃ
᭬եᳰշ֑֢֚֔֔
kisalayam֊alūnaṃ
եշ֒ᱧ֛֨kararuhair
֭֒
mūrtībhūtaṃ bhāgadheyaṃ yadūnām. anāviddhaṃ ratnaṃ madhu navam anāsvāditarasam.
֢ ֆᱮ֏֢ֆե֏֞չ։֧
ekībhūtaṃ ֑ե֑ֈ֢śrutīnām
guptavittaṃ ֊ֿ֭֞ է֊֞֟֗ե
akhaṇḍaṃ puṇyānāṃ
֒᳀ե։֡֊֗֊֞᭭֗֞ᳰֈֆ֚֭֒
phalam iva ca tadrūpam ֿ
ձշᳱ֏֢ ֆեչ᳙֡brahma
śyāmībhūtaṃ ֟֗ᱫե᮰֡me
ֆ֠֊֭֞
sannidhattām.. էո᭛փե֡᭛֑֞֊֞ե֍֔֟֗ռֆᮤ֢֊պե
anaghaṃ
na jāne bhoktāraṃ kam iha samupasthāsyati vidhiḥ..
֑᭫֞֠֏֢ֆեᮩᳬ֧᳖֚֟։ᱫ֭֞׀ ֊վ֞֊֧֏֫Ღ֞֒ե շ֛֚֟֡᭭և֑֞᭭֟ֆ֟֗֟։զ׀
(Śakuntalābhijñānam)
֞ᱫ֬չ֬ռ֧
māt tau gauֆ֭ ֘֞֟֔֊֧֠֗ ֈ֔֫շ֨ զ׀
cet śālinī vedalokaiḥ.
֚֒֨ᱧᮤ֨rudraiś
rasai ֟᭫ս᳖֑֞֊֚֏֔֞չզ֟֘ոᳯ֒օ֠׀
chinnā yamanasabhalā gaḥ
śikhariṇī.
If ma (‒ ‒ ‒) is followed by two ta (‒ ‒ ⌣) and two ga (‒),
the metre is śālinī, with the yati 4 by 7. Śikhariṇī has the yati 6 by 11, and is composed of
ya (⌣ ‒ ‒), ma (‒ ‒ ‒), na (⌣ ⌣ ⌣), sa (⌣ ⌣ ‒),
bha (‒ ⌣ ⌣), la (⌣) and ga (‒).
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20. pañcacāmara (16 syllables) 9. rathoddhatā (11 syllables)
jaṭāṭavin… ֊᭠ֈ֊᭠ֈ֊ֈ֞֒֟֗᭠ֈ֑֫զ
nandanandanapadāravindayoḥ
syandamānamakarandabindavaḥ.
֏վ֧ᮯվ֨
bhaje շ֊᭠ֈ֊ե֚᭭ֆ֞ո᭛փ֊ե
vrajaikanandanaṃ
samastapāpakhaṇḍanaṃ ֑᭭᭠ֈ֞֊շ֒᭠ֈ֟֎᭠ֈ֗զֿ
sindhavaḥ paramasaukhyasampadām
svabhaktacittarañjanaṃ sadaiva nandanandanam.
᭭֗֏Ღ֟ռᱫ֒Ჳ֊ե֚ֈ֨֗֊᭠ֈ֊᭠ֈ֊ֿ֭ ֚֟᭠։֗զ֑֚֚֒֬᭥ֈ֭֞
nandayantu hṛdayaṃ mamāniśam..
supicchagucchamālakaṃ sunādaveṇuhastakam
֚֡֟᭒սչ֡᭒ս֞֔շե ֚֡
anaṅgaraṅgasāgaraṃ ֊֞ֈ֧֗kṛṣṇanāgaram..
namāmi օ֛֡ ᭭ֆշ֭ ֊᭠ֈ֑᭠ֆ֡ᱡֈ֑ե֞֟֊֭֘׀
է֊᭑չ֒᭑չ֚֞չ֒ե ֊֞֟շ֣ ᭬օ֊֞չ֭֒׀
֒֞᭜֒֨
rāt ֊ᭅ֒֔չ֨
parair ֒և֫ֆ֞׀
naralagai
rathoddhatā.
վ֒֬վ֒֬ֆֆ֫վչ֬ռᲱռ֞֒ե ֗ֈ֧ֆ׀
֭
jarau jarau tato jagau ca pañcacāmaraṃ vadet.
With na (⌣ ⌣ ⌣), ra (‒ ⌣ ‒ ), la (⌣) and ga (‒) following
One should recite pañcacāmara as consisting of after ra (‒ ⌣ ‒ ), the metre is rathoddhatā.
ja (⌣ ‒ ⌣), ra (‒ ⌣ ‒ ), ja (⌣ ‒ ⌣), ra (‒ ⌣ ‒ ),
then ja (⌣ ‒ ⌣) and ga (‒). The yati is 7 by 4.
The yati is 8 by 8.
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10. svāgatā (11 syllables) 19. mālinī (15 syllables)
֘֞ֆշ֡ ᭥֏ᱧ֟ռ֛֞ᳯ֒ֈ֡շ֢֔զ
śātakumbharucihāridukūlaḥ ֊֚֟֗ռ֚֟շ֑֧֞ ֡᭛֑֑֢֢֠֙օ֞ᭅ֚֭
manasi vacasi kāye puṇyapīyūṣapūrṇās
kekicandrakavirājitacūlaḥ. tribhuvanam upakāraśreṇibhiḥ prīṇayantaḥ.
շ֧ ᳰշռ᭠ᮤշ֟֗֒֞֟վֆռ֢֔զֿ
navyayauvanalasadbrajanārī- ֟ᮢ֏֡ ֗֊֡շ֞֒᮰֧֟օ֟֏զᮧ֠օ֑᭠ֆզֿ
paraguṇaparamāṇūn parvatīkṛtya nityam
֊᳞֑֬֗֊֚֔᭞ᮩվ֊֞֒֠ nijahṛdi vikasantaḥ santi santaḥ kiyantaḥ..
rañjano jayati kuñjavihārī.. ֒չ֡օ֒֞օ֢᭠֗ᭅֆ֠շ֣ ᭜֑֟֊᭜֑ե
֒Ჳ֊֫վ֑֟ֆշ֡ Ჳ֛֟֗֞֒֠׀
֟֊վᱡᳰֈ֟֗շ֚᭠ֆզ֚֟᭠ֆ֚᭠ֆզᳰշ֑᭠ֆզ׀
᭭֗֞չֆ֞֒֊֏չ֬չ֡
svāgatā ᭅᱧօ֞ռ ׀ca.
ranabhagaurguruṇā (from the Nitiśatakam)
Svāgatā consists of ra (‒ ⌣ ‒ ), na (⌣ ⌣ ⌣), nanamayayayuteyaṃ mālinī bhogilokaiḥ.
֊֊֑֑֑֡ֆ֧֑ե֞֟֔֊֠֏֫֟չ֔֫շ֨ զ׀
bha (‒ ⌣ ⌣) and two ‘heavy’ ga (‒).
Mālinī is composed of na (⌣ ⌣ ⌣), na (⌣ ⌣ ⌣), ma (‒ ‒ ‒),
The yati is 7 by 4. ya (⌣ ‒ ‒) and ya (⌣ ‒ ‒), with the yati 8 by 7.
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18. vasantatilakā (14 syllables) 11. indirā (11 syllables)
֒᳀֞շ֒᭭ֆ֗չ֣
ratnākaras ֛ե չ֣֛֟օ֠ռ᳑֞
tava gṛhaṃ gṛhiṇī ca padmā վ֑֟ֆֆ֧ ֝֟։շեjanmanā
jayati te ‘dhikaṃ վ᭠֊֞ᮯվզ
vrajaḥ
kiṃ deyamasti bhavate jagadīśvarāya. śrayata indirā śaśvad atra hi.
᳴շֈ֧֑֟᭭ֆ֏֗ֆ֧վչֈ֠᳡ֿ֑֒֞
ābhīravāmanayanāhṛtamānasāya ᮰֑ֆթ֟᭠ֈ֒֞֘᳡ֈᮢֿ֛֟
dayita dṛśyatāṃ dikṣu tāvakās
ը֏֠֒֗֞֊֑֊֞ᱡֆ֞֊֑֚֞
dattaṃ mano yadupate kṛpayā gṛhāṇa.. ֈ֑֟ֆֈ֣ ֑᭫ֆ֞եᳰֈᭃ֡
tvayi dhṛtāsavas tvāṃvicinvate..
ֆ֞֗շ֚֭֞
ֈᱫե֊֑֫ֈ֡ֆ֧շ֣ ֑֞չ֣֛֞օ׀ ᭜֑֗֟։֣ֆ֚֞֗᭭᭜֗֞ե֟֗֟ռ᭠֗ֆ֧׀
᭄֧֑֚֞֗᭠ֆ֟ֆ֔շ֞ֆ֏վ֞վչ֬չզ׀
jñeyā gaḥ.
vasantatilakā tabhajā jagau ֊֒֒֔֨ չ֡ᭅ֒֞֟֗֟᭠ֈ֒֞ֆ֞׀
nararalair gurāv indirā matā.
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12. vaṃśastha (12 syllables) 17. praharṣiṇī (13 syllables)
֒վ֫վ֡
rajojuṣe֙janmani
֧վ᭠֟֊֚ᱬ֣֗֗ ᱫ֑֧
sattvavṛttaye չ֫֠֊֞։֚֒֡ ։֑֚֞֒᭭֞֊֨
gopīnām adharasudhārasasya ֭֒
pānair
sthitau prajānāṃ pralaye tamaḥ spṛśe. uttuṅgastanakalaśopagūhanaiś ca.
֟᭭ևֆ֬ᮧվ֞֊֞ե ᮧ֑֧֔ֆզֿ֣֧᭭֘
ajāya sargasthitināśahetave իᱫ֡ ᭑չ᭭ֆ֊շ֔֘֫չ֢
āścaryair ֛֊֨murāreḥ
api rativibhramair ֿ᳟
էվ֑֚֞չᭅ
trayīmayāya ֟triguṇātmane
᭭և֟ֆ֊֛֧֞֘namaḥ..
ֆ֧֗ ը᳟֑ᱺ
saṃsāre֒֟֒֟ֆ᮪֟֗֨ ֡ᭅ֧֒֞֒ զ
matir abhavat prahārṣiṇīhaḥ..
ᮢ֑֑֑֠֞֟ᮢչ֡օ֞᭜֊֧֊զ׀
֚ե֧֚֞֒ ֟ֆ֒֏֗᭜ᮧ֛ᳶ֙օ֛֠զ׀
վֆ֬ֆ֡tu֗եvaṃśastham
jatau ֘᭭և֡ֈ֠ᳯ֒ֆեվ֒֬׀
udīritaṃ jarau. ᯦֑֞֘֞֟֏ᭅ֊manajaragāḥ
tryāśābhir վ֒չ֞զᮧ֛ᳶ֙օ֑֭֠ ׀
praharṣiṇīyam.
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16. drutavilambita (12 syllables) 13. bhujaṅgaprayāta (12 syllables)
է֘֊֞ռ֒շ֞Ჱ֊֏֞վ֊֧
aśanam ācara kāñcanabhājane չ֧֔
gale ᱧ᭛փ֞֔եtanau
ruṇḍamālaṃ ֆ֊֚֬ᭅ վ֞֔ե
sarpajālaṃ
tvam api kukkura mā kuru vismayam. mahākālakālaṃ gaṇeśādhipālam.
᭜֗֟շ֡ շ֡ ֒֞շ֡ ᱧֿ֑֭֟֗᭭
iha hi pāmaranāyakamandire ֛֞շ֞֔շ֞֔եչօ֧֘viśālam
jaṭājūṭabhaṅgottaraṅgair ֞֟։ֿ֭֞֔
թ֛֛֟֞֒֊֑֞շ֟᭠ֈ֧֒
na hi satām asatāṃ ca vivecanam.. վց֞վ֢
śivaṃ ց֏᭑չ֫ᱫ֒᭑չ֨
śaṅkaraṃ śambhumᳶīśānam
֭֗֘֞֔
īḍe..
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14. toṭaka (12 syllables) 15. sragviṇī (12 syllables)
է։֒ե madhuraṃ
adharaṃ ։֡֒ե֗ֈ֊եvadanaṃ
։֡֒ե madhuraṃ է᭒֑֡ ֆեշ֧keśavaṃ
acyutaṃ ֘֗ե֒֞֊֑֞֒֞օե
rāmanārāyaṇam
nayanaṃ madhuraṃ hasitaṃ madhuram. kṛṣṇadāmodaraṃ vāsudevaṃ harim.
֊֑֊եmadhuraṃ
hṛdayaṃ ։֡֒ե֛֚֟ֆե ։֭֡֒madhuram
gamanaṃ ֿ շ֣ ᭬օֈ֞֫ֈ֒ե
śrīdharaṃ ֚֗֞֡ֈgopikāvallabham
mādhavaṃ ֗
֧ ե֛ᳯֿ֭֒
ᱡֈ֑ե։֡֒եչ֊ե
madhurādhipater ։֡madhuram..
akhilaṃ ֒ե ᮰֠։֒ե ֞։֗եrāmacandraṃ
jānakīnāyakaṃ չ֫֟շ֞֗᭨֔֏ե
bhaje..
You should recite toṭaka as consisting of four sa (⌣ ⌣ ‒). Sragviṇī is described as composed of four ra (‒ ⌣ ‒ ).
The yati is 6 by 6.
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