नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

-XVI. 145 ] METRICAL PATTERNS 293

Apaarvaktra

141. In the metre called Aparavaktra the first and the third feet consist of na, na, ra, la, ga and the second and the fourth of na, ja, ja, ra.¹

Example :

142. sutanu jala-parita locanaṃ
     jalada-niruddham ivêndu-maṇḍalam ।
     kim idam apara-vaktram eva te
     śaśi-vadane'dya mukhaṃ parāṅ-mukham ॥

O fair lady (lit. moon-faced one) why are your eyes full of tears and why do you look like like the orb of the moon obscured by the clouds and why has your face turned today like some one else's face ?

Puṣpitâgrā

143. In Puṣpitâgrā metre the first and the third feet consist of na, na, ra, ya, and the second and the fourth of na, ja, ja, ra, ga.¹

Example :

144. pavana-raya-vidhūta-cāru-śākhaṃ
     pramudita-kokila-kaṇṭha-nāda-ramyam ।
     madhukara-parigīyamāna-śabdaṃ
     varatanu paśya vanaṃ supuṣpitâgram ॥

O fair lady, look at the top of the blossoming forest in which the wind is shaking the beautiful branches of trees, the gladdened cuckoos are singing with sweet voice and the bees are humming all around.

Udgatā

145. In Udgatā metre the first foot consists of sa, ja, sa,

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141 (C.142, B.XV.183, 184). ¹ Scheme : (I & III) ᴗ ᴗ ᴗ, ᴗ ᴗ ᴗ, ᴗ –, (II & IV) ᴗ ᴗ ᴗ, ᴗ – ᴗ, ᴗ – ᴗ, – ᴗ – .
142 (C.132, B.XV.177).
143 (C.144, B.XV.186). ¹ Scheme (I & II) ᴗ ᴗ ᴗ, ᴗ ᴗ ᴗ, – ᴗ –, ᴗ – –, (II & IV) ᴗ ᴗ ᴗ, ᴗ – ᴗ, ᴗ – ᴗ, – ᴗ –, –
144 (C.145, B.XV.187). 145 (C.135, B.XV.188).