नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

286 | THE NĀṬYAŚĀSTRA | [XIII. 106-

noise of released missiles, and the terror-stricken directions, you have practised in the forefront of the battle the sportful movements of a horse, the merit of which is very much desired [by people].

Megha-mālā

106-107. [The metre with] the feet of twentyfour syllables of which the first six, the eighth, the eleventh, the fourteenth the seventeenth, the twentieth and the twentythird are light [and the rest heavy] is called Megha-mālā.¹

Example :

108. pavana vala-samāhata tīvra-gambhīra-
     nādā balākāvali-mekhalā
     kṣitidhara-sadṛśôcca-rūpā mahānīla-
     dhumâñjanâbhâmbu-garbhôdvahā ।
     sura-pati-dhanur-ujjvāla-baddha-kakṣyā
     taḍit-dyota-sannāha-paṭṭôjjvalā-
     gagana-tala-visāriṇī prāvṛṣeṇyā
     dṛḍhaṃ megha-mālā 'dhikaṃ śobhate ॥

The sky-covering mass of clouds of the rainy season, having deep and piercing sounds, wearing a flight of cranes as their girdle, carrying in their womb water of deep blue colour comparable to that of smoke and collyrium, girding the waist with the rainbow as the belt, having their armour-plates illumined by the flash of lighting looks indeed very beautiful.

Krauñca-pādī

109-110. [The metre with] the feet of twentyfive syllables of which the first, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth, the ninth, the tenth, and the last are heavy [and the rest light] is called Karuñca-pādī.¹

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106-107 (C.103-104, B.XV.140-141, 142). ¹ Scheme (∪ ∪ ∪, ∪ ∪ ∪, – ∪ –, – ∪ –, – ∪ –, – ∪ –, – ∪ –, – ∪ –).
108 (C.105, B.XV.143).
109-110 (C.106-107, B.XV.144-145, 146). ¹ Scheme (– ∪ ∪, – – –, ∪ ∪ –, – ∪ ∪, ∪ ∪ ∪, ∪ ∪ ∪, ∪ ∪ ∪, ∪ ∪ ∪, –).