नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

-XVI. 55 ] METRICAL PATTERNS 273

Example :

52. paruṣa-vākya-kaśābhihatā tvayā
    bhaya-vilokana-pārśva-nirīkṣaṇā ।
    varatanuḥ pratata-pluta-sarpaṇair
    anukaroti gatair hariṇa-plutam ॥

'The fair lady (lit. fair-limbed one)¹, smitten by the whip of your harsh words, and looking in fear to her sides and runing away continously with quick steps is imitating by her movements a deer's gallop.

Kāmadattā

53. [A metre with] the feet of twelve syllables of which the seventh, the ninth, the eleventh and the last are heavy [and the rest light] is called Kāmadattā¹.

Example :

54. karaja-pada-vibhūṣita yathā tvaṃ
    sudati daśana-vikṣatādharā ca ।
    gatir api caraṇâvalagna-mandā
    tvam asi mṛga-samâkṣi kāmadattā ॥

O fair lady¹, you have been adorned with the marks of nails, your lips have been bitten by teeth and your gait also is faltering and slow. It seems, O deer-eyed one, that you have given [yourself up] to [the enjoyment of] love.

Aprameyā

55. [The metre with] the feet of twelve syllables of which the first, the fourth, the seventh and tenth are light [and the rest heavy] is called Aprameyā¹.

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52 (C.49, B.XV.69). See above 20 note 1.
53 (C.50, B.XV.70). ¹ Scheme (⏑ ⏑ ⏑, ⏑ ⏑ ⏑, – ⏑ –, ⏑ – –). C. calls this Kāma-mattā.
54 (C.51, B.XV.71). Sudati—O fair-toothed one.
55 (C.52, B.XV.72). ¹ Scheme (⏑ – –, ⏑ – –, ⏑ – –, ⏑ – –). This is called Bhujaṅga-prayāta by Piṅgala and his followers.

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