नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

• XVI. 36 ] METRICAL PATTERNS 269

O beloved one, due to your beauty, the special colours [of your dress], smile, grace and delicate bearing, these qualities of yours have matched the qualities of the [beautiful] form. Are you the bow of Indra ?¹

Rathôddhatā

35. [The metre with] the feet of eleven syllables of which the first, the third, the seventh, the ninth and the last are heavy [and the rest light] is called Rathôddhatā¹.

Example :

36. kiṃ tvayā subhaṭa dūra-varjitaṃ
nātmana na suhṛidāṃ priyaṃ kṛtam ।
yat palāyana-parāyaṇasya te
yāti dhūlir adhunā rathôddhatā ॥

O good soldier, why have you left the battle-field completely. You have done neither any good to yourself nor to your friends, for while runing away [from the battle field] the dust [in your road] rises now [as if] scattered by chariot. ¹

Svāgatā

37. [The metre with] the feet of eleven syllables of which the first, the third, the seventh and the tenth and the last are heavy [and the rest light] is called Svāgatā¹.

Example :

38. adya me saphalam āyata-netre
jīvitam madana-saṃśraya-bhāvam ।
āgatâsi bhavanaṃ mama yasmāt
svāgataṃ tava varôru niṣīda ॥

Today the two large eyes of mine have attained their object and so has my life and love, because you have come to my house ; O fair lady, you are welcome, please be seated.

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¹ Upendra-vajrāmtu indra-dhanuṣā upamitam etc. (Ag.).
35 (C.32, B.XV.46). ¹ Scheme (- ◡ -, ◡ ◡ ◡, - ◡ -, ◡ -),
36 (C.33, B.XV.47). ¹ B. gives an additional example of this metre (B.XV.48).
37 (C.34, B.XV.49). ¹ Scheme (- ◡ -, ◡ ◡ ◡, - ◡ ◡, - -).