Laghustutih (vrittisameta) 27

27

tasmiṃścaikaikākṣarādikramamitapādacatuṣkāṇāmuktātyuktādicchandasāmekai
kārṇādhikāṅghrīṇāmutkṛtyantānāṃ
ṣaḍviṃśatyarṇamitapādāntānāmavatāraḥ . tataḥ paraṃ
caṇḍavṛṣṭipravāhādidaṇḍakā bhavanti .
teṣvekonaviṃśatyarṇamitapāde'tidhṛtisaṃjñe chandāsi
śārdūlavikrīḍitākhyavṛttavānayaṃ ślokanicayaḥ stutirūpo bhavati .
atrāyamādiślokastripurāmantrataddevatāsvarūpopakṣepakaḥ . tato dvau
tatprathamabījadevatālakṣaṇasya tattvasya nādavinduprādhānyena bījaprādhānyena

And within that, there is the descent of meters such as uktā and atyuktā, which have four quarters measured by increments of one syllable each, their quarters increasing by one syllable each up to utkṛti, ending with quarters measured by twenty-six syllables. Beyond that are the daṇḍaka meters such as the caṇḍavṛṣṭipravāha. Among them, this collection of verses constituting the hymn possesses the meter named śārdūlavikrīḍita, belonging to the meter called atidhṛti, whose quarter is measured by nineteen syllables. Here, this first verse introduces the nature of the mantra of Tripurā and its deity. Then the next two