Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c15.104

c15.104

Of the 80 verses in the Virāṭsthānā stanzas 43 must necessarily be read as Virāṭsthānā verses; 8 more if *indra* is read (as seems certain in this hymn) as a disyllable, and yet 8 more if we abstain from resolutions which are permissible but not necessary: so that we have 59 verses or three-quarters of the whole number which are of the Virāṭsthānā type. The verses in which we abstain from possible resolutions are 2d (*ukthaíḥ* § 151 iii), 4d (*dásīḥ* § 151 i), 5a (*gúhyam* § 136 ii), 5c (*dyám* § 142 ii), 12a (*ápy abhūma* § 125), 13a (*syāma* § 147), 15a (*vyántu* § 140 iii), 19d (*sākhyásya* § 137).