नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

274	THE NATYASASTRA	[ XVI. 56-

Example :

56. na te kā cid anyā samā dṛśyate strī
    nṛ-loke viśiṣṭā guṇair advitīyaiḥ ।
    trilokyāṁ guṇāgryān samāhṛtya sarvān
    jagaty aprameyāsi sṛṣṭā vidhātrā ॥

Nowhere amongst the mortals (lit. in this world) is to be seen a woman who is your equal, and is distinguished by singular accomplishments. The creator has made you matchless by putting together [in you] all the best virtues of the three worlds.

Padminī

57. [The metre with] the feet of twelve syllables of which the second, the fifth, the eighth and the eleventh are light [and the rest heavy] is called Padminī¹.

Example :

deha-toyāśayā vaktra-padmôjjvalā
netra-bhṛṅgâkulā danta-haṁsaiḥ smitā ।
keśa-patrac-chadā cakravāka-stanī
padminīva priye bhāsi me sarvadā ॥

58. O dear lady, you always appear to me like a lotus-lake, for your body is a pool of water which shines by the lotus-face, and your eyes are the restless bees [there] and you smile with the swan-like teeth and your hairs are [the lotus] leaves, and the breasts are like the Cakra-vākas¹ [swimming there].

Paṭuvṛtta

59. [The metre with] the feet twelve syllables of which the first six and the tenth are light [and the rest heavy] is called Paṭuvṛtta¹.

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56 (C.53, B.XV.73).
57 (C.54, B.XV.74, 75). ¹ Scheme (- ῠ -, - ῠ -, - ῠ -, - ῠ -). This is called Sragviṇī by Piṅgala and his followers.
58 (C.55, BXV.76). ¹ B. gives a second example (B.XV.77) which seems to be a variant of this.
59 (C.56, B.XV 78, 79). ¹ Scheme. (ῠ ῠ ῠ, ῠ ῠ ῠ, - - -, ῠ - -). This is called Puṭa by Piṅgala and his followers.