नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

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second, the fourth, the sixth and the eighth are heavy [and the rest light] is called Matta-ceṣṭitā.¹

Example :

16. carâvaghūrṇitêkṣaṇaṃ vilambitâkulâlakam ।
    asaṃsthitaiḥ padaiḥ priyā karoti matta-ceṣṭitam ॥

The beloved one with her eyes restless and rolling, hairs hanging down dishevelled, and footsteps unsteady, is behaving like a person who is intoxicated.

Vidyul-lekhā

17. [The metre with] the feet of eight syllables of which all are heavy, is called Vidyul-lekhā.¹

Example :

18. sāmbho-bhārair ānardadbhiḥ śyāmāmbhodair vyāpte vyomni ।
    ādityâṃśu-spardhiny eṣā dikṣu bhrāntā vidyul-lekhā ॥

The sky being overcast with dark clouds which are roaring and are laden with masses of water, a flash of lightning which rivals the sun-beam is running in [different] directions.

Citta-vilasita

19. [The metre with] the feet of eight syllables of which the fifth, the seventh and the last are heavy [and the rest light] is called Citta-vilasita.¹

Example :

20. smita-vaśa-viprakāśair daśana-padair amībhiḥ ।
    varatanu pūrṇa-candraṃ tava mukham āvṛṇoti ॥

O fair lady (lit. fair limbed one)¹, your face with the teeth

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16 (C.15, B.XV.22).

17 (C.16, B.XV.23, 24). ¹ Scheme (-- -, -- -, - -). B. gives the name as Vidyun-mālā. This is the name in Piṅgala and Śr. B.

18 (C.17, B.XV.25).

19 (B.XV.26). ¹ Scheme (∪ ∪ ∪, ∪ - ∪, - -). C. omits this metre.

20 (B.XV.27). ¹ This mode of addressing a beloved woman is as old as the time of Patañjali who quotes the fragment of a poem as follows : varatanu saṃpravadanti kukkuṭāḥ (Ref. Apte's Guide to Skt. § 319).

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