Shrutabodha 32_130

32_130

Meaning: "O lotus-eyed lady": she whose eyes, sight, are like lotuses: in the vocative case for that; "if": in case; "of drutavilambita": of the metre of that name; "and": filling out the verse-quarter; "in the first and third": in the first and third; "quarter-verses": lines; "initial syllable": first syllable; "if not": should not be. O beautiful woman, fair-limbed lady! Then, at that time, that metre becomes, is produced as, "hariṇīplutā", of that name.
Hariṇīplutā metre:
Quarter-verses 1 and 3: 11 syllables; triplets: sa, sa, sa, light, heavy;
light-light-heavy, light-light-heavy, light-light-heavy, light, heavy.
[Quarter-verses] 2 and 4: 12 syllables; triplets: na, bha, bha, ra;
light-light-light, heavy-light-light, heavy-light-light, heavy-light-heavy. (32)