Swayambhuchand

SR No.: 023463
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: H D Velankar
Publisher: Rajasthan Prachyavidya Pratishtan
Publication Year: 1962
Total Pages: 292
Language: Sanskrit, Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 22 MB

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P. 5.1-6.21
स्वयंभूच्छन्दः
A love-lorn lady is here compared with the young crescent moon, who is lovely yet thin and slender.
3.1:
4: 'In Viśloka the 5th and the 8th (Mātrās) are represented by short letters.' This means that the second Caturmatra is a Madhyaguru or a Sarvalaghu. See H. 3.67; Kd. 2.19; P. 4.44.
4.1: The meaning is not sufficiently clear.
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5: The definition of Citra is not correctly reproduced in our ms. Perhaps we may read pancaṭṭhanamama lahu nam città: 'Citra has the 5th, the 8th and the 9th Mātrās represented by short letters.' See H. 3.68; Kd. 2. 20; P. 4.45.
5.1:
6.1:
6: 'If the 9th (Mātrā, together with the 10th) is represented by a long letter, it is Upacitra.' See H. 3.66; Kd. 2.20; P. 4.46.
The heart of a love-lorn lady is said to be evaporated like the water lying in the small impression on the ground made by a cow's hoof. See above ch. 1.5.2. for a similar idea.
2:
The dark clouds, the rain-bows, the flashes of lightning and white cranes all appear as if they are the art-drawings drawn with different gems by Madana, the god of love. What is maria?
VI. UKTĀDIVIDHI
1: So far the Skandhakajāti (i.e., the Gāthā and others), the Galitakajāti, the Khañjakajāti, the Sirṣakas and the Magadhajati are defined and illustrated. Hereafter Svayambhu proposes to define and illustrate Uktā and the others. It is noteworthy that Svayambhu treats the metres of the 26 classes like Uktā, Atyūktā, etc., as Prakrit metres, and what is more, defines them with the help of the five Mātrā Ganas mentioned above in ch. I. v. 2 above and not with the Akṣara Gaņas as is done by others by whom they are regarded as Varna Vṛttas. I shall explain the definitions according to Svayambhu's way, but shall also give the formula in the terms of the Akşara Gaņas for easy comprehension.
"The metres like the Ukta, which begin with a single letter in their Pāda and end with 26 letters in a Pāda, are made with all short and long letters, have 4 Padas as a rule, and have a pause after the first half.' The expression saalalahūguruaim means that in these metres the letters whether short or long must be employed according to directions, and that a long letter cannot be substituted by two short ones and vice versa, as was permitted in the case of the earlier metres. In short, these are Varna Vrttas and shall be defined with the help of