[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Auxiliary Sciences of the Veda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga) › [Metrics (prosody)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda) › [Śrutabodha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt) › 40\_158 # Shrutabodha 40\_158 English (machine translation) 40\_158 - **Language:** English ### [40\_158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.40_158) Syntactic prose: O lotus-eyed one (kamalanayane)! When (yadā) the first \[syllable\] (pūrvaḥ varṇaḥ) should be short (hrasvaḥ syāt), thereafter (tataḥ) the five syllables after the sixth (ṣaṣṭhakaparāḥ pañca varṇāḥ) should be light (laghavaḥ syuḥ); O woman with naturally delicate limbs (prakṛtisukumārāṅgi)! And the other three next to the last \[syllables should be light\] (anye ca upāntyāḥ trayaḥ varṇāḥ laghavaḥ syuḥ); O slender-bodied one (sutanu)! O woman charming with broad hips (jaghanābhogasubhage)! \[The metre\] in which (yasyām) there is a caesura (viratiḥ bhavati) by the flavours \[and\] Rudras (rasaiḥ rudraiḥ), that should be the śikhariṇī (sā śikhariṇī syāt). || 40 - [Previous: 40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.40) - [Next: 46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.46) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.40_158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.chanda.srutabodha~en-mt.40_158) · Pramāṇa