Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c15.11

c15.11

242. The easier hymns to interpret are of course those which come nearest to the regular lyric metres. These hymns are v 24, x 93 and x 132, to which should perhaps be added i 127, 129 and 150, and viii 35. Looked at from the later standpoint, these are lyric hymns marked by somewhat frequent catalexis both of the dimeter and the trimeter verses: but regarded historically some or all of them mark a transition stage between the ‘uneven lyric’ and the lyric metres. Such further difficulties as appear in the separate hymns are easily explained by the principles stated in the last section.