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affereu (start),
२४०.१३ become uneasy. The Kalahaṁsas and the Sārasas accompanied by their mates, raise their pleasant voices, being stationed in the inside of the Kedāras and thinking about something.
Here, the Bandhujīvaka trees appear very charming with their flowers looking like the Indra-gopa insects mounted upon the green verdure. There, the Sīrşaka plants with their open flowers resemble the nights bespangled with stars.
The swarms of bees, having left behind them the juice of the Saptacchada flowers and being extremely greedy, after neglecting (other) flowers, fondly resort to the night lotuses, turned whitish with their pollen. 59. 1.
Three Ganas ( make a Pāda of a) Bhangadvipadī. 60. If there are three Gaņas in each Pāda, it (i, e., the metre) is called Bhangadvipadī. The mention of a Gaņa again (in the Sūtra), even when the governing word gana is still available (from Sūtra 15), is meant for the adoption of all the Gaņas, whether the Caturmātras or the Pancamātras, without any distinction. Otherwise, the Catur. mātras alone (which are meant by the word gana in Sūtra 15) would have been available.
.. Or four, or five or six or seven ( Ganas make its Pāda). 61.
Of that Bhanga-dvipadī, there are not merely three, but also four, five, six or even seven Gaņas.
A bh (i, e., a long letter ) stands optionally at its end. 62. Of that Bhanga-dvipadi, a long letter may or may not be at the end of every Pāda.
The longest ( among them ) contains 30 h (i. e., short letters). 63. That Bhanga-dvipadi which has thirty short letters (i, e., Mātrās ) is the last, the longest, among them. Hence the one which is longer than all the other Bhanga-dvipadīs, contains thirty Mātrās.
e does not exist any which is longer than that. Note: h or a laghu signifies both a short letter and an akşara Mātrā; see Introductory. Note, para 3.
It is (called ) a Dvipadī, when a Gîtikā follows it immediately. 64. That same Bhanga-dvipadi is called Dvipadī, if it is immediately followed by a Gitikā. Illustration
The water in wells and rivers is now exhausted like the ample treasure, though well protected, at the (evil) turn of one's fortune.
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