नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

.XVI. 167 ] METRICAL PATTERNS 297

Gaņas in each hemistich are to consist of a ja (lit. Gaņa with a heavy syllable in the middle).

Example :

164. ¹udbhartṛ-gāminī paruṣa-bhāṣiṇī kāma-cihna-kṛta-veśā ।
     ²yā nâti-māṃsa-yuktā surā-priyā sarvatas capalā ॥

The woman who goes defying her husband, speaks harshly, has erotic signs in her dress, is not very fleshy and is fond of meat, is inconstant in every respect.

Mukha-capalā and Jaghana-capalā Āryā

165. When the definition of a Capalā applies to the first hemistich [only] of an Āryā it is called the Mukha-capalā. And when the same applies to the second hemistich [only] it is called Jaghana-capalā.

Examples :

Mukha-capalā Āryā

166. āryā mukhe tu capalā tathâpi caryā na me yataḥ sā tu ।
     dakṣā gṛha-kṛtyeṣu tathā duḥkhe bhavati duḥkhârtā ॥

My lady is talkative, but still her conduct [in general] is not bad, for she is an expert in my household work, and in my misery she feels miserable.

Jaghana-capalā Āryā

167. vara-mṛga-nayane capalâsi
     varôru śaśâṅka-darpaṇa-nibhâsye ।
     kāmasya sārabhūtena
     pūrṇa-mada-cāru-jaghanena ॥

O fair lady with the eyes of the best deer, and a face like the moon or the mirror, by your hips which constitute the best prize of love and which are charming on account of your swelling passion, you are [marked as] faithless (lit. inconstant).

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164 (B.XV.216). ¹ B. reads udbhaṭa.
² B. reads jānāti, for yā nâti. Prof. S. P. Bhattacharya suggested this emendation
165 (B.XV.217). 166 (B.XV.218). 167 (B.XV.219).
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