Shrutabodha 35_142

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Meaning: O beloved!—O darling! In which [syllabic metre] the first—initial—pair of syllables—couple of syllables, the fourth, the ninth—having that number, and likewise—in that very manner, with the final—together with the thirteenth syllable, the [syllable] after the tenth—the eleventh, is heavy—long; if—supposing that, there is a caesura—pause—at the [four] yugas—four—[and] the [nine] planets—nine syllables; O nectar-creeper!—O you who stand like a creeper of nectar—ambrosia! That indeed—certainly that—syllabic metre named prabhāvatī is defined—stated. Prabhāvatī: 13 syllables per quarter-verse; ⏑ – ⏑, – ⏑ ⏑, ⏑ ⏑ –, ⏑ – ⏑, –; triplets: ja, bha, sa, ja, guru; caesura at 4 and 9. 35.