Shrutabodha 37_149

37_149

Meaning: In the vocative for one by whom lovers themselves—lustful men—who are like lordly elephants—elephants of the quarters—have been goaded—brought under control—by the goad that is desire—Madana! Where—in which stanza, if, the first, the second—endowed with the number two, that—likewise the fourth, the eighth, the [syllable] after the tenth—the eleventh, the penultimate—the thirteenth, and the final—the fourteenth (syllables) are heavy—long; they indeed—certainly—call that syllabic metre, O beloved!—O darling!, vasantatilakā. 14 syllables per quarter-verse; triplets: ta, bha, ja, ja, guru, guru; – – ⏑, – ⏑ ⏑, ⏑ – ⏑, ⏑ – ⏑, –, –. 37.