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sthāneṣu pravṛtto vidhiruttamaḥ // ### [2.62.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.5) cattvāraḥ prakṛtau varṇāḥ pravicārasya nurvidhā / vikalpamaṣṭadhā caiva devāḥ ṣoḍaśadhā viduḥ // ### [2.62.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.6) sṛṣṭo varmaḥ prasaṃcārī tṛtīyamavarohaṇam / ārohaṇaṃ caturthaṃ tu varṇaṃ varmavido viduḥ // ### [2.62.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.7) tatraikaḥ saṃcarasthāyī saṃcarastu caro 'bhavat / avarohaṇavarṇānāmavarohaṃ vinirdiśet // ### [2.62.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.8) ārohaṇena vārohānvarṇānvarṇavido viduḥ / eteṣāmeva varṇānāmalaṅkārannibodhata // ### [2.62.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.9) alaṅkārāstu catvārasthāpanī kramarejanaḥ / pramādasyāpramādaśca teṣāṃ vakṣyāmi lakṣaṇam // ### [2.62.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.10) visvaro 'ṣṭakalāścaiva sthānaṃ dvyekatarāgataḥ / āvarttasyākramo tvākṣī vekāryāṃ parimāṇataḥ // ### [2.62.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.11) kumāraṃ saṃparaṃ viddhi dvistaraṃ vāmanaṃ gataḥ / eṣa vai eṣa caivasyakutarekaḥ kulādhikaḥ // ### [2.62.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.12) sveta sve kātare jātakalāmagnitaraiṣitaḥ / tasmiṃścaiva svare vṛddhirniṣṭapte tadvicakṣaṇaḥ // ### [2.62.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.13) syenastu aparo hasta uttaraḥ kamalākalaḥ / pramāṇaghasabindurnā jāyate vidure punaḥ // ### [2.62.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.14) kalā kāryā tu varṇānāṃ tadā nuḥ sthāpito bhavet / viparyayasya ropisyā dyasya prādurghaṭī mama // ### [2.62.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.15) ekottaraḥ svarastu syātṣaḍjataḥ paramaḥ svaraḥ / akṣepaskandanākāryaṃ kākasyoyacapuṣkalam // ### [2.62.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.16) saṃtārau taunusarvāyyau kāryaṃ vā kāraṇaṃ tathā / ākṣiptamavarohyāsītprokṣamadyastathaiva ca // ### [2.62.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.17) dvādaśe ca kalāsthānāmekāntaragatas tathā / preśollikhitamalaṅkāramevasvarasamanvitā // ### [2.62.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.18) svarasvarabahugrāmakāprayoṣṭanupatkalā / prakṣiptameva kalayācopādānārayo bhavet // ### [2.62.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.19) dvikathaṃvāvathābhūtayatrabhāṣitamucyate / uccarādviśvarārūḍhātathāyāṣṭasvarātathā // ### [2.62.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.20) vāpaḥ syādavaroheṇa nārato bhavati dhruvam / ekāntaraṃ ca hyetevaitamevasvarasattamaḥ // ### [2.62.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.21) sakṣipracchedanāmācacatuṣkalagaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ / alaṅkārā bhavantyete triṃśaddevaiḥ prakīrttitāḥ // ### [2.62.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.22) varṇāsthānaprayogeṇa kalāmātrāpramāṇataḥ / saṃsthānaṃ ca pramāṇaṃ ca vikāro lakṣaṇastathā // ### [2.62.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.23) caturvidhamidaṃ jñeya malaṅkāraprayojanam / yathātmano hyalaṅkāro vipayasto vigarhitaḥ // ### [2.62.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.24) varmamevāpyalaṅkarttuṃ viṣamāhyātmasaṃbhavāḥ / nānābharaṇasaṃyogā yathā nāryā vibhūṣaṇam // ### [2.62.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.25) varmasya caivālaṅkāro vibhūṣā hyātmasaṃbhavaḥ / na pāde kuṇḍalaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ na kaṇṭhe rasanā tathā // ### [2.62.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.26) evamevādyalaṅkāre viparyasto vigarhitaḥ / kriyamāṇo 'pyalaṅkāro nāgaṃ yaścaiva darśayat // ### [2.62.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.27) yathādṛṣṭasya mārgasyakarttavyasyavidhīyate / lakṣaṇaṃparyavasyāpivarttikā mapivarttate // ### [2.62.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.28) yāthātathyena vakṣyāmi māsodbhavamukhodbhava / trayoviṃśatiśītistu vijñātapavadaivatam // ### [2.62.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.29) nagonātupurastānumadhyamāṃśastu paryayaḥ / tayorvibhāgo devānāṃ lāvaṇye mārgasaṃsthitaḥ // ### [2.62.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.30) anuṣaṅgamayo dṛṣṭaṃ svasāraṃ vasvarātara / viparyayaḥ saṃvartto ca saptasvarapadakramam // ### [2.62.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.31) gāndhārasetugīyante varomadbhagavānica / pañcamaṃmadhyamañcaivadhaivataṃ tu niṣādataḥ // ### [2.62.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.32) ṣaḍjarṣabhaścajānīmomadrakeṣvevanāntare / dvevdyaparatukiṃvidyāddvayamuṣṇantikasyatu // ### [2.62.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.33) prākṛte vaikṛte caiva gāndhāraḥ sa prayujyate / padasyātyayarūpantusaptarūpantukauśikīm // ### [2.62.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.34) gāndhārasyenakārtsyena cāyaṃ yasyavidhiḥ smṛtaḥ / eṣacaivakramoddiṣṭomadhyamāṃśasya madhyamaḥ // ### [2.62.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.35) yāni proktāni gītānivaturūpaṃ viśeṣataḥ / tataḥ saptasvaraṅkāryaṃsaptarūpañcakauśikī // ### [2.62.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.36) agadarśanamityāhurmānudvaimamaketathā / dvitīyāmāsamātrāṇābhiḥ sarvāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ // ### [2.62.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.37) uttarevaprakṛtyevaṃmātābrāhmatalāyata / tathāhatānopiḍakeyatramāyāṃnivarttate // ### [2.62.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.38) pādenaikenamāyātrā pādonāmativārimaḥ / saṃkhyāpanopahūtāṃvaitatrapānamiti smṛtam // ### [2.62.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.39) dvitīyapādabhaṅgañcagrahenāmapratiṣṭhitam / pūrvamaṣṭhatīṭatī nadvitīyaṃ cāparāntikaiḥ // ### [2.62.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.40) pādabhāgasapādaṃ tu prakṛtyamapi saṃsthitam / caturthamuttaraṃ caivamadravatpāvamadrakau // ### [2.62.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.41) madrakodakṣiṇasyāpi yathoktā varttate kalā / sarvamevānuyogaṃ tu dvitīyaṃ buddhimiṣyate // ### [2.62.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.42) pādauvāharaṇaṃ cāsyātpāraṃ nātra vidhīyate / ekatvaṃ munuyogasya dvayoryadyaddvijottama // ### [2.62.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.43) anekasamavāyastu pātakā hariṇā smṛtāḥ / tisṛṇāṃ caiva vṛttīnāṃ vṛttau vṛtte ca dakṣiṇaḥ // ### [2.62.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.44) aṣṭau tu samavāyastu vīrā saṃmūrchanā tathā / kasyanāsutarācaiva svaraśākhā prakīrttitā // ### [2.62.44.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.2.62.44.p1) iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde bhārgavacarite gāndharvalakṣaṇaṃ nāma dviṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 62// ## Linked texts (1) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.2.25.2) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: 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