Shrutabodha 19_84

19_84

Meaning: O adorned woman—O woman adorned with ornaments, if—in case, the mandākrāntā—the metre of that name, is deprived of its final caesura—is without the seven-syllable pause, that is, formed of ten-syllable quarter-verses, becomes—is produced; O lotus-faced woman—she whose face—countenance is like a lotus by qualities such as beauty and fragrance, in that vocative; proclaimed—taught for certain—without doubt by the learned—by scholars, that is to be known—to be understood as haṃsī—the metre of that name. Haṃsī: 10 syllables per quarter-verse;