Shrutabodha 46_166

46_166

Meaning: O dearest lady—most exceedingly beloved! If the first—prior, three—the first three syllables are heavy—long. The sixth and eighth syllable should be heavy. If, after that, three from the eleventh—the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth; after that, the two before the eighteenth—the sixteenth and seventeenth syllables are heavy. O woman whose face resembles the disk of the full moon—in the vocative for 'she whose face is like the disk of the full moon'. In which verse there is a caesura at the suns—twelve, and the sages—seven; then the connoisseurs of poetry—eminent poets, proclaim—call that syllabic metre by the name śārdūlavikrīḍita. Quarter-verse syllables: 19; triplets: ma, sa, ja, sa, ta, ta, heavy; caesura: 12, 7; S S S, | | S, | S |, | | S, S S |, S S |, S. 42.