नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

264 THE NATYASASTRA [ XVI. 10-

10. danta-kunta-kṛtâṅkaṁ vyākulâlaka-śobham । śaṁsatîva tavâsyaṁ nirdayayaṁ rata-yuddham ॥

Your face which bears the marks of spear-like teeth [of the beloved] and is strewn over with your dishevelled hair, indicates indeed an unrelenting fight of love.

Bhramara-mālikā

11. [The metre with] the feet of seven syllables of which the first two and the last two are heavy [and the rest light] is called Bhramara-mālikā¹.

Example :

12. nānā-kusuma-citre prapte surabhi-māse । eṣā bhramati mattā kānte bhramara-mālā ॥

O beloved one, this being the month of Caitra which is varigated with different flowers, cluster of bees are flying about intoxicated [with their smell].

Siṁha-lekhā

13. [The metre with] the feet of eight syllables of which the first, the third, the fifth, the seventh and the last [the eighth] are heavy [and the rest light] is called Siṁha-lekha¹.

Example :—

14. yat tvayā hy aneka-bhāvaiś ceṣṭitaṁ rahaḥ sugātri । tan mano mama praviṣṭaṁ vṛttam atra siṁha-lekham ॥

That you have planned the love's embrace in various ways, O fair-limbed one, has been inscribed in my mind with the scratch of a lion's claws¹.

Matta-ceṣṭita

15. [The metre with] the feet of eight syllables of which the

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11 (C.10, B.XV.14-15).¹ Scheme (-- ◡, ◡ ◡ -, -).
12 (C.11, B.XV.16).
13 (C.12, B.XV.19). ¹ Scheme (- ◡ -, ◡ - ◡, - ◡ -) C. gives the name as Siṁhalīlā.
14 (C.13, B.XV.17-18). ¹ The translation follows Ag.
15 (C.14, B.XV.20, 21). ¹ Scheme (◡ - ◡, - ◡ -, ◡ -). This metre is named as Pramāṇikā in Pr. P.