[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Metrics (prosody)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda) › [Śrutabodha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt) › 18\_45 # Shrutabodha 18\_45 English (machine translation) 18\_45 - **Language:** English ### [18\_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_45) Meaning: In a verse, that is, in a metrical stanza (in an anuṣṭubh); everywhere, that is, in all four quarter-verses; the sixth, that is, that syllable; should be known, that is, understood, as heavy, that is, long; the fifth syllable as light, that is, having one mora; and in the second and fourth quarter-verses, the seventh, that is, the seventh syllable, should be known as short, that is, light; in the other two, that is, in the first and third quarter-verses, the seventh syllable should be known as long, that is, having two morae. Vernacular: In whatever verse the sixth syllable is heavy and the fifth syllable is light in all four quarter-verses, and the seventh syllable is short in the second and fourth quarter-verses, but the seventh syllable is long in the first and third quarter-verses, they call that the anuṣṭubh metre. (10) - [Previous: 18\_44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_44) - [Next: 18\_46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_46) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.18_45) · Pramāṇa