नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

.XVI. 29 ] METRICAL PATTERNS 267

which the second, the fourth, the sixth and the eighth are light [and the rest heavy] is called Mayūrasāriṇī¹.

Example :

26. naiva te'sti saṃgamo mănuṣair
    nâsti kāmabhoga-cihṇaṃ anyat |
    garbhiṇîva dṛśyase hy anārye
    kiṃ mayūra-sāriṇī tvam evam ||

O ignoble one, you have no union with men, neither have you any sign of love's enjoyment. Still you look like one who is enceinte. You indeed behave like a pea-hen.¹

Dodhaka

27. [The metre with] the feet of eleven syllables of which the first, the fourth, the seventh the tenth and the last are heavy [and the rest light] is called Dodhaka.¹

Example :

28. praskhalitâgrapada-pravicāraṃ
    matta-vighūrṇita-gātra-vilāsam |
    paśya vilāsini kuñjaram etaṃ
    dodhaka-vṛttam ayam prakaroti ||

O merry lady, look at this elephant which with its faltering steps of the front legs, and with the body playfully moved about [as if in] intoxication, is imitating the manner of a calf (?)¹

Moṭaka

29. [The metre with] the feet of eleven syllables of which the first two, fifth, the eighth, and the last are heavy [and the rest light] is called Moṭaka.

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¹ Scheme (– ◡ –, ◡ – ◡, – ◡ –, –). ¹ Piṅgala gives the name as Mayūrasā° and so does Vr. R.
26 (C.23, B.XV.36). ¹ This relates the belief that the pea-fowls' sexual union take place in complete seclusion.
27 (C.24, B.XV.37, 38). ¹ Scheme (– ◡ ◡, – ◡ ◡, – ◡ ◡, – –).
28 (C.25, B.XV.39). ¹ We are not sure of the meaning of the word dodhaka. Ag. writes dodhakeña gīyamānaṃ vṛttaṃ dodhaka-vṛttam.
29 (C.26, B.XV.40). ¹ Scheme. (– – ◡, ◡ – ◡, ◡ – ◡, ◡ –). This is named as Moṭanaka by Gaṅgādāsa in Ch. M.