एतेषामेव वर्णानामलङ्कारन्निबोधत
Now learn the ornamentation of these very notes.
प्रमादस्याप्रमादश्च तेषां वक्ष्यामि लक्षणम्
I will describe the characteristics of error and non-error among them.
आवर्त्तस्याक्रमो त्वाक्षी वेकार्यां परिमाणतः
The sequence of repetition is determined by the measure in the performance.
एष वै एष चैवस्यकुतरेकः कुलाधिकः
This indeed, and also that, is a single superior lineage.
तस्मिंश्चैव स्वरे वृद्धिर्निष्टप्ते तद्विचक्षणः
And in that very note, growth occurs when it is firmly established, as the expert knows.
प्रमाणघसबिन्दुर्ना जायते विदुरे पुनः
A measure, a heavy dot, does not arise again in the distance.
विपर्ययस्य रोपिस्या द्यस्य प्रादुर्घटी मम
For reversal, the planting and manifestation of the beat occurs for me.
अक्षेपस्कन्दनाकार्यं काकस्योयचपुष्कलम्
The act of displacement and skipping is the scattered fragment of the crow.
आक्षिप्तमवरोह्यासीत्प्रोक्षमद्यस्तथैव च
Displaced descending should be considered as sprinkling and intoxication likewise.
प्रेशोल्लिखितमलङ्कारमेवस्वरसमन्विता
The ornamentation is only that which is sent forth and inscribed, accompanied by notes.
प्रक्षिप्तमेव कलयाचोपादानारयो भवेत्
Only what is cast forth by art, with the ascent and taking up, should be considered.
उच्चराद्विश्वरारूढातथायाष्टस्वरातथा
From the utterance, from the universal ascent, and likewise from the eight notes.
एकान्तरं च ह्येतेवैतमेवस्वरसत्तमः
Indeed, these are arranged alternately, O best among the wise.
अलङ्कारा भवन्त्येते त्रिंशद्देवैः प्रकीर्त्तिताः
These adornments are described as thirty by the gods.
संस्थानं च प्रमाणं च विकारो लक्षणस्तथा
Their form, measure, transformation, and characteristics are thus.
यथात्मनो ह्यलङ्कारो विपयस्तो विगर्हितः
Just as an ornament unsuitable for oneself is considered blameworthy,
नानाभरणसंयोगा यथा नार्या विभूषणम्
So is the combination of various ornaments, as a woman's adornment.
न पादे कुण्डलं दृष्टं न कण्ठे रसना तथा
A ring is not seen on the foot, nor a necklace on the throat.
क्रियमाणो ऽप्यलङ्कारो नागं यश्चैव दर्शयत्
Even when an ornament is made, if it shows a serpent, it is not proper.
लक्षणंपर्यवस्यापिवर्त्तिका मपिवर्त्तते
Even when the characteristic is completed, the rule still applies.
त्रयोविंशतिशीतिस्तु विज्ञातपवदैवतम्
Twenty-three are known as the cold ones, and are called divine.
तयोर्विभागो देवानां लावण्ये मार्गसंस्थितः
Their distinction among the gods is established in the path of beauty.
विपर्ययः संवर्त्तो च सप्तस्वरपदक्रमम्
Reversal and dissolution occur in the sequence of the seven notes.
पञ्चमंमध्यमञ्चैवधैवतं तु निषादतः
The fifth and the middle, and also the dhaivata, arise from nishada.
द्वेव्द्यपरतुकिंविद्याद्द्वयमुष्णन्तिकस्यतु
One should know two as belonging to the other, and two to the hot ones.
पदस्यात्ययरूपन्तुसप्तरूपन्तुकौशिकीम्
Of the note, the extreme forms are seven, and also the Kaushiki.
एषचैवक्रमोद्दिष्टोमध्यमांशस्य मध्यमः
This sequence is prescribed for the middle part of the madhyama.
ततः सप्तस्वरङ्कार्यंसप्तरूपञ्चकौशिकी
Then, the ornamentation of the seven notes is the fivefold Kaushiki.
द्वितीयामासमात्राणाभिः सर्वाः प्रतिष्ठिताः
All are established by the second and the equal measures.
तथाहतानोपिडकेयत्रमायांनिवर्त्तते
Thus, even those struck are released everywhere by Māyā.