नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

-XVI. 71 ] METRICAL PATTERNS 277

Example :

68. citrair vasanta-kusumaiḥ kṛta-keśa-hastā
    srag-dāma-mālya-racanā-suvibhūṣitāṅgī ।
    nānāvataṁsaka-vibhūṣita-karṇapāśā
    sākṣād vasanta-tilakêva vibhāti nārī ॥

This well-dressed woman who has adorned her braid of hairs with the many-coloured vernal flowers, and the rest of her body with various types of flower-garlands¹ and her ears with various ornaments, looks indeed like the decoration (tilaka) on the forehead [of the goddess] of spring.

Asaṁbādhā

69. [The metre with the] feet of thirteen syllable, of which the first five and the last three are heavy, [and the rest light] is called Asaṁbādhā.¹

Example :

70. mānī lokajñaḥ śruta-bala-kula-śīlâḍhyo
    yasmin sammānaṁ na sadṛśaṁ anupaśyed dhī ।
    gaccet taṁ tyaktvā druta-gatir aparaṁ deśaṁ
    kīrṇa nānârthair avanir iyam asaṁbādhā ॥

A proud person who knows the world and is learned, strong, of high birth and character, must leave [a country] in which he does not find adequate honour, and quickly goes to a different country ; for this world is scattered over with wealth of many kinds and offers no obstruction [to such a person].

Śarabhā

71. [The metre with the] feet of fourteen syllables of which the first four, the tenth, the eleventh the thirteenth and the last are heavy [and the rest light] is called Śarabhā¹.

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68 (C.65, B.XV.88). ¹ Srak and mālya are used here probably to indicate two different kinds of garlands.
69 (C.66, B.XV.89). ¹ Scheme (-- -, -- ⏑, ⏑ ⏑ ⏑, ⏑ ⏑́-, --).
70 (C.67, B.XV.90).
71 (C.68, B.XV.91). ¹ Scheme (-- -, - ⏑ ⏑, ⏑ ⏑ ⏑, -- ⏑́, - -).