Shrutabodha 2_15

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Syntactic prose order: saṃyuktādyaṃ, dīrghaṃ, sānusvāraṃ, visargasaṃmiśraṃ, akṣaraṃ guru vijñeyam, pādāntasthaṃ (akṣaram) vikalpena (guru vijñeyam).
Meaning: 'saṃyuktādyam'—preceding a conjunct consonant; 'dīrgham'—of two morae; 'sānusvāram'—existing together with an anusvāra; 'visargasaṃmiśram'—existing together with a visarga; 'akṣaram'—a syllable; 'guru'—not light; 'vijñeyam'—is to be understood; 'pādāntastham'—standing at the end of a quarter-verse; 'vikalpena'—optionally, is to be understood as heavy or light. At the end of a quarter-verse even a heavy syllable may be light, and in some places even a light syllable may be heavy. And so it is stated in another treatise: 'Or at the end of a quarter-verse it is curved [heavy], while another having one mora is to be known as light.' (2) / Vernacular: A syllable preceding a conjunct consonant is long, and a syllable joined with an anusvāra or a visarga should also be known as heavy; and at the end of a quarter-verse, a light syllable should also be understood as heavy optionally. (2)