Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c15.15

c15.15

(iv) The hymn viii 35, like i 127, belongs to a group from which it cannot easily be detached, but its peculiar structure deserves notice. The regular type of the stanza is 12.12.12.8, and the stanzas are grouped in triplets, the last three verses of the stanza being the same throughout each triplet. Of the 21 initial verses 4 have catalectic cadence, namely 6a 13a 14a 15a: and of the 21 refrain verses 2, namely 10b = 11b = 12b and 16b = 17b = 18b.