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6.80-121] स्वयंभूच्छन्दः
225 at the threshing floor, which slaughters unskilful good warriors ?' The
full meaning is not clear. 104: Our Kankanahastaka is the same as Kaminikańkaņahastaka of
HPK 6.19.52 ; R. 144. 106: A Pāda of 13 Mātrās is composed with a Pañcamātra, a Şaņmātra
and a Dvimātra, or, two Pañcamātras and a Trimātra, or, two Catur
mātras and a Pañcamātra. 107: Our Varatilaka is the same as Mukhapālanatilaka of HPk. 6.19.53
and R. 147. 12: Our Arangaka (or Ārangada) is the same as Ohullanaka or
Vārangadi of HPk. 6.20.111 and R. 152. 113: A Pāda of 14 Mātrās is composed either with a Şanmātra, a Pañca
mātra and a Trimātra, or two Pañcamātras and a Caturmātra, or
three Caturmātras and a Dvimātra. 116. A Pāda of 15 Mātrās is composed either with a Şanmātra, a Pañca
mātra and a Caturmătra, or, two Caturmătras, a Pañcamātra and a
Dvimātra, or three Pañcamātras. 118: A Pāda of 16 Mātrās is composed with either two Şaņmātras and a
Caturmātra, or four Caturmātras. 119: A Pāda of 17 Mātrās is composed either with two Şanmātrās and a
Pañcamātra, or three Caturmātras and a Pañchamātra. 120: The stanza gives the total number of the Antarasamă Catuspadis,
namely, 110. Of these some are called Vastukas and the others Dhruvakas. See above vv. 59-60 and note.
121 : Before proceeding to define the Ardhasamă Catuspadi, Svayambhū
defines an Ardhasamā Samkirņā Catuspadi ; it has its 1st and 2nd as also 3rd and 4th Pādas equal and similar. What is meant is possibly that a Samkīrņaka Ardhasamā may have the Pādas in its halves of any length containing from 7 to 17 Mātrās without any restriction. But I am unable to understand why a Samkīrṇa Ardhasamā should be only of eight kinds. Perhaps, in view of v. 122, Svayambhū intends to define here an Ardhasamā Samkīrņaka Dhruvaka alone and not a Vastuka; so that the Pādas of two halves may contain only from 10-17 Mātrās in them, thus they can be only of eight kinds. For a Dhruvaka see above v. 60. A Dhruvaka according to v. 60 must not have less than 10 Mātrās in any of its Pādas and also not more than 17. Hemacandra's Samkīrṇa Catușpadi, defined at HPk. 6.21 is quite
