Shringaraprakasha 3.p2.15

3.p2.15

anyasya cittamabhisaṃvareṇyamutārdhataṃ vinaśyati|| pūrvoktodāharaṇatrayamapi vaidikaviṣayameva| mātrācchandassamaṃ yathā-- vā onavuvnabupajimu navidavkhiṇuvahaivaṇenakabbunapādhamapādamajhahai| koilamoramārālavhakolanavāharai māenajāṇaṃ imāhahe keva virahiṇī marai|| ardhasamaṃ yathā-- diṇahadivavṭhaho iti sa uppivjaiu surevo | avaraṇeha mihai gharūmādālavca hi dūre|| viṣamaṃ yathā-- jaivivgavḍahījai vivabḍuravhu pahuduvgamutaru arahījai vigahaṇesūru| viṇadīsai ito isu purisu vasadi jahīte dhuvavṭhaharahava avṭhadi|| gaṇacchandassamaṃ yathā-- rajojuṣe janmani stavavṛttaye sthitau prajānāṃ pralaye tamasspṛśate| ajāha sargasthitināśahetave trayīmayāya triguṇātmane namaḥ|| ardhasaṃ yathā-- vapuṣā parameṇa bhūdharāṇāmatha saṃbhāvya parākramaṃ bibhede | ajāya vilokayāñcakāra sthiradaṃṣṭrāṅkamukhaṃ narendrasūnuḥ|| viṣamaṃ yathā-- atha vāsavasya vacanena suciravānastrilocanam| klāntirahitambhirādhayutuṃ vidhivattapāṃsi vidadhe dhanañjayaḥ|| 3.70. tadetatrtrividhāmapi mahākāvyetihāsaśrutyādiṣu ca ddaśyete| acchandadaḥ padasamatāno gadyam| tatrtridhā-- vṛttagandhi cūrṇamutkalikāprāyaṃ ca | teṣu padyagandhavaddhṛttagandhi ; katrtridhā--samā (rdha) samaviṣamabhedāt | teṣu samāgaṇacchandogandhi yathā-- patā .... ....... vāsiṣviti|| ardhasamagaṇacchandogandhi yathā-- kramamāracayya ca mahendraśāsanāt svayamutpapāteti|| 1 evaṃ mātrākṣaracchandopi draṣṭavyaḥ| * na viṣamagaṇacchandogandherūdāharaṇamatra| anāviddhalalitapadaṃ carṇam; tatrtridhā-- gurubahulaṃ, laghubahulaṃ, miśraṃceti|

All three examples mentioned previously belong strictly to the Vedic sphere. / Moraic metre, regular, is like: […] / Half-regular is like: […] / Irregular is like: […] / Syllabic-foot metre, regular, is like: / ‘Obeisance to the unborn one, who embodies the threefold Veda and consists of the three guṇas, / who embraces passion at creation, adheres to purity during maintenance of the creatures, and touches darkness at dissolution, being the cause of origination, maintenance, and destruction.’ / Half-regular is like: / ‘Then, having honored with his supreme form the prowess of the mountains, he shattered [them]; / the prince looked upon the face marked with firm tusks of the unborn one.’ / Irregular is like: / ‘Then, by the command of Indra, the virtuous Dhanañjaya, in order to propitiate the three-eyed god without fatigue, / performed austerities in the prescribed manner.’ [3.70] / All these three types are seen in great poetry, epic histories, revealed scripture, and elsewhere. / Prose is a continuous extension of words devoid of metre. It is of three kinds: reminiscent of metre, loose prose, and richly compounding prose. / Among them, that which carries the flavor of verse is reminiscent of metre; it is of three kinds through the divisions of regular, half-regular, and irregular. / Among them, that which is reminiscent of regular syllabic-foot metre is like: ‘… dwelling among the …’ / That which is reminiscent of half-regular syllabic-foot metre is like: ‘And having ordered his steps by the command of Mahendra, he himself flew up.’ / In the same manner, [prose reminiscent of] moraic and syllabic metre is also to be understood. / There is no example here of [prose] reminiscent of irregular syllabic-foot metre. / Loose prose consists of uncompounded, delicate words; it is of three kinds: predominantly heavy syllables, predominantly light syllables, and mixed.