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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3.1-4) स्वयंभूच्छन्दः
203 devoid of (human) frame, and free from all shortcomings of a Paśu,
i.e., a creature.' 2: 'If in the third Päda of the Udgatā the third (short) letter is joined
with its (similar) successor (into a long letter), and if the rest is as in the Udgatā, they call it Saurabhaka.' By substituting a long for the two short letters in the 3rd and the 4th places in the third Pāda of the Udgatā, we turn it into a Saurabhaka. (3rd : ra-na-bha-ga); see
H. 3.46; Jd. 5.22, Vr. 5.7; Kd. 4.129 com. 2.1: 'You look more charming with your face, oh lovely one, which re
sembles the full moon's orb and which is as it were a delicate lotus
endowed with sweet taste and fragrance.' 3: 'If at the commencement of the third Päda of the Udgatā, six short
letters in succession are employed, know that to be the characteristic of Lalitā, adopted by all clever men.' (3rd : na-na-sa-sa); cf. H. 3.47; Jd. 5.23; Vr. 5.8; Kd. 4.129 com. Kavidarpaņa does not define these two
varieties of the Udgatā; but they are mentioned by its commentator. 3.1: "The Lord of the elephants is entering the lotus-lake which is
darkened by the swarms of bees, hovering around for the thick honey
in the lotuses.' 4: 'A Şanmātra with all long letters, (six) Caturmātras of which the
first and the fifth have their long letter at the end, the second has it in the middle, the third at the beginning, the fourth at both the places, while the sixth has all short letters in it, a pair of Pañcamātras, the first with its short letter in the middle and second at the beginning; eight short letters, a long one, ten short letters, a long one, two short and then two long letters (coming in succession), are regarded as Pracupita by all poets.' Even here the constitution of all the four Pādas is defined in continuation and not separately for the different Pādas. Thus out of the six Caturmātras, four go to make up the first Pāda, while the other two . Caturmātras and the Pañcamātras make the second Pāda; the eight Laghus and one Guru form the third and ten Laghus and all the rest constitute the fourth Päda. The metre is generally known as Upasthita-Pracupita. (ma-sa-ja-bha-ga-ga; sa-naja-ra-ga; na-na-sa; na-na-na-ja-ya); cf. H. 3.48; P. 5.28; Vr. 5.9; Kd.
4.130. 4.1: "The dense mass of nightly darkness, which is brought on by the
rainy nights, which is impregnable in its form, which has all its beauty caused by the heaps of clouds and looks like a curtain, gives great satisfaction to the heart of the wanton woman.'