नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

-XVI. 135 ] METRICAL PATTERNS 291

called [Anuṣṭup] Vipulā. According to some¹ the seventh syllable in all the feet will be short in [such] Vipulā.

Example :

130. saṁkṣiptā vajravan-madhyā hema-kumbha-nibha-stanī ।
     vipulâsi priye śroṇyāṁ pūrṇa-chandra-nibhānaṇe ॥

O dear one, you are thin [in body], your waist is slender in the middle like a Vajra, your breasts are like golden pitchers, your hips are large and your face is like the full moon.

131. gaṅgêva tvaṁ meghâgame āplāvita-vasundharā ।
     kula-vṛkṣān ārujati sravanti vipulâcalāt¹ ॥

You are like the Ganges at the advent of the rains, flooding the earth, destroying the trees on the bank and flowing down from a high mountain

132. The feet of Pathyā are thus of various types ; in the remaining [types of Anuṣṭup] even and odd feet may be made up with other triads (trika)¹.

133. In this metre a triad ending in a heavy syllable (i.e. ma, ra, ya, sa) or consisting of light syllables (i.e. na) is never to occur (lit. desired) after the first syllable while after the fourth syllable a short syllable must occur (lit. is prescribed).

134. If in the feet of a Pathyā there are three heavy syllables at the end it is called [Anuṣṭup] Vaktra.

Example :

135. danta-kṣatâdharaṁ subhru jāgara-glāna-netrântam ।
     rati-sambhoga-khinnaṁ te darśanīya-taraṁ vaktram ॥

O fair lady, the lips being bitten by teeth, eyes being languid due to keeping awake, your face has become more charming, after its exhaustion in love's enjoyment.

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¹ Saitava—mentioned in Piṅgala and Agni P. See CSS. p. 38.
130 (C.127, B.XV.171).
131 (C.128, B.XV.172). ¹ B. C. vanāt for calāt.
132 (C.129, B.XV. 174). ¹ We follow B. 133 (C.130, B.XV.175).
134 (C.131, B.XV.176). 135 (C.132, B.XV.177).