Vedic Metre in its Historical Development c15.60

c15.60

(iv) The grouping of Anuṣṭubh and Gāyatrī together in triplets is a very simple and effective arrangement. Usually the first stanza alone in the triplet is Anuṣṭubh: of this we have examples in v 28 4-6, 82 1-3; viii 3 21-23, 9 19-21, 63 1-3, 7-9, 68 1-12, 74 1-12, 92 1-3; ix 101 1-3. Two Anuṣṭubh stanzas are followed by a Gāyatrī stanza in viii 63 4-6, x 62 8-10. Two Gāyatrī stanzas are followed by an Anuṣṭubh stanza in i 43 7-9, vi 45 31-33, ix 67 25-27.