Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c15.107

c15.107

(ii) The Bhārgavī hymns x 77, 78 each consist of eight stanzas, and in each case only five stanzas out of the eight shew the special metre. It is natural therefore to regard these hymns as composite: x 77 consisting of a Bhārgavī strophe of five stanzas followed by a Triṣṭubh triplet, and x 78 of a similar strophe followed by a Jagatī triplet, of which, however, the last stanza is Triṣṭubh. On this supposition it becomes necessary to transpose stanzas 5 and 6 in x 78.