Shrutabodha 23_97

23_97

Meaning: "O woman with parted hair!"—in the vocative to one who has a parting, an arrangement of hair; "O woman lovely as the moon!"—in the vocative to one whose beauty is like the moon; "where"—in which syllabic metre; "of these two"—of indravajrā and upendravajrā; "even of both"—of both indeed; "quarter-verses"—lines; "occur"—are present; as in: the definition of indravajrā is in the first and third quarter-verses, but the definition of upendravajrā is in the second and fourth quarter-verses; "by the ancients"—by early; "sages"—wise men; "proclaimed"—declared; "that"—it; "this"—this; "upajāti"—the metre named as such; "thus let it be employed"—let it be made an object of usage; "by you" is understood. Upajāti: quarter-verses: 4; syllables: 11. || 23