Shrutabodha 27_112

27_112

Meaning: "O young woman" means a girl of sixteen years. In whichever metre the seventh syllable [is short], and likewise, "O bimba-lipped one!" means one whose lips are like bimba fruit; "preceding the eleventh" means the tenth syllable is placed "short," that is, light; if, in that stanza, there should be a "caesura," that is, a pause, at five and at seven syllables, then, "O fair-browed one" means one who has well-formed, beautiful eyebrows; that syllabic metre is designated, that is, spoken of, by the name vaiśvadevī. Vaiśvadevī: quarter-verse: 12 syllables; metrical triplets: ma, ma, ya, ya; caesura: 5, 7; - - -, - - -, u - -, u - - || 27