नाट्यशास्त्रम् (प्रथम भाग - अभिनवभारती एवं हिन्दी टीका सहित)

-XVII. 77 ] DICTION OF A PLAY 313

Cakravāla Yamaka

73. When the word at the end of a foot is similar to the word at the beginning of the next foot it is [an instance of] Cakravāla Yamaka¹.

Example :

74. śarais¹ tathā śatrubhir āhatā hatā
hatāś ca bhuyas tv anupuṁkhagaiḥ khagaiḥ |
khagaiś ca sarvair yudhi sañcitāś citāś
citādhirūḍhā nihatās talais talaiḥ. ॥

Thus they were killed after being struck by arrows of the enemies as well as by birds of prey flying closely behind such missiles; the battle-field was swamped with such birds by which dead bodies placed on the funeral pyre were being pounced upon with their [sharp] talons.²

Sandaṣṭa Yamaka

75. When the two words at the beginning of a foot are similar, it is [an instance of] Sandaṣṭa Yamaka.¹

Example :

76. paśya paśya me ramaṇasya guṇān
yena yena vaśagāṁ karoti mām |
yena yena hi mamaiti darśanaṁ
tena tena vaśagāṁ karoti mām ॥

Look at the qualities of my lover, by which he makes me bow to him, and he charms me by those qualities with which he comes to my view.

Pādādi Yamaka

77. When the same word occurs at the beginning of each foot, it is [an instance of] Pādādi Yamaka.

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73 (C.74; B.XVI.72. ¹ B. has an additional definition (B.XVI.73) of of Cakravāla Yamaka.
74 (C.75; B.XVI.74). ¹ Emend śailas to śarais.
² C. reads citādhirūḍhā hi hatā hatā narāḥ.
75 (C.76; B.XVI.75). ¹ This term occurs in Bhāmaha, II.10, and Daṇḍin, III.51-52. But the latter's def. is different.
76 (C.77; B.XVI.76). 77 (C.77; B.XVI.77).
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