Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c15.110

c15.110

(iii) In i 61 the regular Triṣṭubh verses number 30 out of 63, or rather less than half, the Virātsthānā verses are 10 in number, Gautamī verses 9, and other irregular verses 14. No special importance would attach to the Gautamī verses, except for their extreme rarity in other parts of the Rigveda: as it is, there appears to be an attempt to create a new type similar to Virātsthānā: and in stanza 13 no less than three verses out of four are of this type, as follows: