[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Garudapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda) › 1.207 # Garudapurana 1.207 Garuḍapurāṇa 1.207 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.207.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.207.5) — 1 part ### [1.207.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.207.1) śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 207 sūta uvāca / vāsudevaṃ guruṃ natvā gaṇaṃ śambhuṃ sarasvatīm / mātrāvarṇaprabhedena cchando vakṣye 'lpabuddhaye // > The glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa: 207 > Sūta said: > Bowing to Vāsudeva the guru, Gaṇa, Śambhu, and Sarasvatī, > I shall explain metre divided by mātrās and syllables for one of small intellect. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.207.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.207.2) sarvādimadhyāntagalau mnau bhyau jrau stau trikā gaṇāḥ / āryā catuṣkalādyantasarvamadhye caturgaṇāḥ // > The triplets of metrical feet are mnau, bhyau, jrau, stau, with a long and short syllable at all, beginning, middle, and end. > An āryā has four mātrās; the four feet have them at the beginning, end, throughout, and middle. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.207.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.207.3) vyañjanānto visargāntau dīrgho yuktaparo guruḥ / sānusvāraśca pādānto vā ityukto dvimātrakaḥ // > Ending in a consonant, ending in a visarga, long, followed by a conjunct, and with an anusvāra is heavy (guru); > at the end of a line it may be either; it is said to have two mātrās. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.207.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.207.4) yadā nāpi kramaṃ yoge laghutāpi kvacidguroḥ / ślokacāryādisaṃjñā syādyatirvicchedasaṃjñikā // > Even when there is no conjunct sequence, a heavy syllable may sometimes have lightness. > It is designated as a śloka, an āryā, and so on; a caesura is called a pause (yati). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.207.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.207.5) jñeyaḥ pādaśca turyāṃśo yuk samaṃ viṣamantvayuk / samamardhasamaṃ vṛttaṃ viṣamañca tṛtīyakam // > A foot (pāda) should be known as a fourth part; even is called 'sama', uneven is called 'viṣama'. > Metres are even (sama), half-even (ardhasama), and uneven (viṣama) as the third. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [1.207.5.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.207.5.p1) iti śrīgāruḍe mahāpurāṇe pūrvakhaṇḍe prathamāṃśākhye ācārakāṇḍe chandaḥ śāstrechandaḥsaṃjñāparibhāṣānirūpaṇaṃ nāma saptottaradviśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ > Thus ends the two hundred and seventh chapter, named 'Exposition of the Definitions and Rules of Metre' in the treatise on metres in the section on conduct of the first part of the glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda~en-mt.1.207.1) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.207](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.garuda.1.207) · Pramāṇa