Shrutabodha 28_115

28_115

Meaning: "O you of endless delight!" means she whose delight is endless or boundless. If the ninth syllable together with the third and sixth syllables, and the one "arising at the pause," that is, standing at the end of the quarter-verses, should be "heavy," that is, long; "O you bent under the weight of firm, swelling breasts!" means she who is bowed by the weight or heaviness of breasts that are firm, or hard, and swelling, or plump; (then) surely, that is, certainly, this metre is called or proclaimed as toṭaka metre. Toṭaka: quarter-verse: 12 syllables; metrical triplets: sa, sa, sa, sa; caesura: 6, 6; u u -, u u -, u u -, u u - || 28