Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c14.395

c14.395

228. Verses with neutral rest are such as have the latter part of the verse complete and of the ordinary rhythm : the rest therefore must be considered to precede the caesura, coming either at the fourth or at the fifth place, as in § 226. Any textual emendation which will add a syllable to the first part of the verse will have the effect of restoring a regular trimeter verse.