नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

290	THE NATYAŚĀSTRA	[ XVI. 125-

Inverted Pathyā

125. These are the characteristics of the first and the third feet¹. They being inverted i.e. the second and the fourth being of this description, the metre will be called the inverted Pathyā.

Example :

126. kṛtena ramaṇasya kiṃ sakhi roṣena te' pyartham ।
viparītā na pathyâsi tvaṃ jaḍe kena mohitā¹ ॥

What is the use of this anger shown to your beloved one ? [It seems that] you are foolish and have been deluded by somebody and have been upset, [so] you are not agreeable.

Capalā

127. [The metre with the feet of eight syllable of which] the fourth, the fifth and the sixth [in the hemistictis] are short, is called Anuṣṭup Capalā.¹

Examples :

128.

na khalv asyāḥ priyatamaḥ śrotavyaṃ vyāhṛtaṃ sakhyā ।
nāradasya pratikṛtiḥ kathyate capalā hîyam ॥

[He] is not this girl’s dearest one. This [information] to be heard [privately] was proclaimed loudly by the female friend. This fickle woman is indeed [to be] called an image of Nārada (the deity of quarrel).

Vipulā

129. [If a metre with the feet of eight syllables has] the seventh syllable short in its second and the fourth feet, it is

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125 (C.122, B.XV.166). ¹ A passage before this seems to be lost. C. reads yugmayor—of the two even (feet). B. has ayujor—of the two odd (feet).

126 (C.123, B.XV.167). ¹ We adopt B's reading. (I) ∪ - ∪, ∪ ∪ -, ∪ -, (II) ∪ ∪ -, - ∪ -, - -, (III) - ∪ -, - ∪ -, ∪ -, (IV) ∪ ∪ -, - ∪ -, - -.

127 (C.124, B.XV.168). ¹ C. vipulā for capalā.

128 (C.125, B.XV,169). 129 (C.126, B.XV.170).