नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

296 THE NATYASASTRA [ XV. 159-

159. The caesura may occur when the second la after the fifth Gaṇa has been completed or it may occur from the first syllable [of the sixth Gaṇa], or after the fifth Gaṇa [has been completed].¹

Pathyā-Āryā and Vipulā-Āryā

160. The Āryā metre of which the caesura occurs after the three Gaṇas (lit. feet are made up of three Gaṇas) is called Pathyā. The Vipulā Āryā is different from this, only because it observes no cæsura (yati) of any kind [within its hemistichs].¹

Examples :

Pathyā Āryā

161.

rakta-mṛdu-padma-netrâsita-dīrgha-bahula-mṛdu-[kuṭila]-keśī।
kasya tu pṛthu-mṛdu-jaghanā tanu-bāhvaṃsôdarī [na]pathyā ॥

To whom is not agreeable a woman with lovely and lotus-like soft eyes, copious long, black and [curled] hairs, large and soft hip, slim arms and abdomen ?

Vipulā Āryā

162.

vipula-jaghana-vadana-stana-nayanaiś
tāmradharoṣṭha-kara-caraṇaiḥ।
āyata-nāsā-gaṇḍair lalāṭa-
caraṇaiḥ śubhā kanyā ॥

A maiden is auspicious when her hip, face, breasts and eyes are large, lips, palm and feet are red and nose, cheeks, forehead and ears are prominent.

Capalā Āryā

163. In the Capalā (Āryā) the second and the fourth

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159 (C.158, B.XV.202, 210b). ¹ Read 159 as द्वितीयादि लघुर्ज्ञेयः समाप्ते प्रथम यतिः.
160 (C.159, B.XV.203). ¹ Read the couplet as गणेषु त्रिषु पादः स्यात् यस्या प थ्या तु सा भवेत् । अतश्च विपुलाऽन्या तु विशेषाद्यतिलक्षणा.
161 (C.160, B.XV. 213).
• 162 (B.XV.214). 163 (B.XV.215, 204).