नग्निं च पौषा वै देव दृष्ट्वा काञ्च यथाक्रमः
Nagni and Pauṣa, O sage, and Kāñca are to be known in their proper order.
उत्तरं मन्द्रा रजनी तथा वाचोन्नरायताः
The Mandrā of the north, the Rajanī, and also the Uṇnarāyata notes.
गान्धारग्रामिका श्यामा कीर्तिमाना निबोधत
Learn also of the Gāndhāra, Grāmika, and Śyāmā notes, which are renowned.
यवरातसूयस्तु षष्ठवत्तु सुवर्मकम्
Yavarātasūya is the sixth, and likewise Suvarmaka.
नागयक्षाश्रयं विद्वान् तद्गोत्तरतथैव च
The wise know the Nāga and Yakṣa notes, and those that follow after them.
सूर्यकान्तधरेण्यैव संतकोकिलविश्रुतः
The Sūryakānta, Dhareṇya, and the famous Saṃtakokila are also included.
सावित्रमर्धसावित्रं सर्वतोभद्रमेव च
The Sāvitra and half-Sāvitra, as well as the Sarvatobhadra.
अलंबुषेसेष्टमथो विष्णुवैणवरावुभौ
The Alaṃbuṣa is esteemed, and both the Viṣṇu and Vaiṇava.
हतोत्सृष्टो विजानीत स्कन्धं तु प्रियमेव च
One should know that, when destroyed and released, the Skandha is especially dear.
अलंबुसेष्टस्य तथा नारदप्रिय एव च
Likewise, the Alaṃbuṣa is esteemed, and also dear to Nārada.
विकलोपनीतविनताश्रीराख्यो भार्गवप्रियः
The Vikalopa, brought forth and humbled, called Śrīrākha, is dear to Bhārgava.
ससौवीरां सुसोवीरा ब्रह्मणो ह्यपगीयते
The Sasauvīrā and Susovīrā are sung in praise of Brahmā.
हरिदेशसमुत्पन्ना हरिणस्याव्यजायत
Born in the region of Hari, it was produced by Hari.
करोपनीता विवृतावनुद्रिः स्वरमण्डले
Brought forth by the hand, revealed, unobstructed, in the realm of sound.
मनुदेशाः समुत्पन्ना मूर्च्छनाशुद्धमात्मना
The regions of Manu arose, with modulation, pure in their essence.
सावश्रमसमाद्युम्ना अनेकापौरुषानखान्
With the same ashrama and equal vigor, possessing many human and non-human qualities.
तानि उत्तर मद्रांसपद्गदैवतकं विदुः
These are known as the northern Madra, the Padgadaivata.
तमोदुत्तरमैद्रोयदेवतास्याद्रुवेन च
The Tamoduttara, the Maidroya deity, and also the Syādru.
स्यादिजमूर्छनाह्येच पितरः श्राद्धदेवताः
The origin of modulation is indeed the Pitṛs, the deities of the Śrāddha.
उपैति तस्मान्नजानी याच्छुद्धयच्छिकरासभा
It approaches, but one does not know; those pure, those with sharp cries, and those resembling asses.
पक्षिणां मूर्छनाः श्रुत्वा पक्षोका मूर्छनाः स्मृताः
Having heard the modulations of birds, the modulations of wings are remembered.
नानासाधारमश्चैववडवात्रिविदस्तथा
There are various bases, and likewise the Vaḍavā and Trivida.
इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमाभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे गान्धर्वमूर्छनालक्षणवर्णनं नामैकषष्टितमो ऽध्यायः
Thus, in the glorious Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa, spoken by Vāyu, in the middle section, in the third Upoddhāta division, is the sixty-first chapter, named 'Description of the Characteristics of the Gāndharva Modulations.'
विख्यातान्वै अलङ्कारांस्तन्मे निगदतः श्रुणु
Renowned ornaments—now hear them as I declare.
संस्था नयोगैश्च तथा सदा नाढ्याद्यवेक्षया
Arrangement is always determined by methods of composition and by examination of channels and the like.
पदानि गीतकस्याहुः पुरस्तात्पृष्ठतो ऽथ वा
They say the steps of a song are placed before, behind, or otherwise.
एतेषु त्रिषु स्थानेषु प्रवृत्तो विधिरुत्तमः
In these three positions, the highest procedure is established.
विकल्पमष्टधा चैव देवाः षोडशधा विदुः
The gods know the variation as eightfold, and also as sixteenfold.
आरोहणं चतुर्थं तु वर्णं वर्मविदो विदुः
Those skilled in musical armor know the fourth ascent as a note.
अवरोहणवर्णानामवरोहं विनिर्दिशेत्
One should specify the descent among the descending notes.