Shrutabodha 38_152

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Meaning: O beloved (kānte = priye), in which [metre] (yatra = yasmin chandasi), the first six (prathamaṃ ṣaṭkam = six syllables from the start in the quarter-verses), and then (tadanu = tadanantaram), the tenth (daśamam = that numbered [syllable]) and that which is at the end of the twelfth (dvādaśāntyam = the thirteenth syllable, varṇaḥ) if (ced = yadi) light (aguru = laghu) is found (vidyate = bhavati); O beloved (kānte = priye), by the mountains (giribhiḥ = by eight), then (atha = anantaram) by the horses (turaṅgaiḥ = by seven), where (yatra = in which verse) [there is] a caesura (virāmaḥ = viśrāmaḥ), that [metre] (sā = asau), charming to good poets (sukavijanamanojñā = pleasing to fine learned men), is renowned (prasiddhā = prathitā) as mālinī (mālinī = the syllabic metre of that name).
Syllables per quarter-verse: 15; triplets: na, na, ma, ya, ya; caesura: 8, 7; [pattern:] |||, |||, sss, |ss, |ss. || 38