Garuda Purana

बाणाष्टनवकेषु स्याल्लश्चित्रा षोडशात्मिका । सममात्रासमादिष्टं पदाकुलकमीरितम् ॥ १,२०८.

In bāṇa, eight and nine, la is citrā, consisting of sixteen; equal mātrā is prescribed, this is called padākulaka.

वृत्तमात्रा विना वर्णैर्ला वर्णा गुरुभिर्विना । गुरुवो लैर्दले नित्यं प्रमाणमिति निश्चितम् ॥ १,२०८.

A metre without mātrā is with syllables; la is without heavy syllables; heavy syllables are always la in the foot, this is the established rule.

अष्टाविंशातिला गन्ता प्रथमार्धे द्वितीयके । त्रिंशदस्यां शिखा गन्ता खञ्जातद्व्यत्ययाद्भवेत् ॥ १,२०८.

Twenty-eight la will go in the first half of the second; thirty in the crest, la will go, and by the reversal of khañja, it is thus.

षोडशानङ्गक्रीडा गा द्वात्रिंशच्चरमे च लाः । सप्तविंशातिला गन्ता दलयो रुचिरा द्वयोः ॥ १,२०८.

Sixteen in anaṅga-krīḍā, thirty-two la in the last; twenty-seven la will go in both feet, both are beautiful.

मात्रावृत्तानि चोक्तानि वर्णवृत्तानि वच्मि वै ॥ १,२०८.

The mātrā metres have been spoken; now I will declare the syllabic metres.

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम् २०९ सूत उवाच । श्रीरुक्था गेन सा ज्ञेया उत्युक्था स्त्री गुरुद्वयम् । मो नारी रो मृगी मध्या मगौ कन्या प्रतिष्ठया ॥ १,२०९.

Sūta said: The śrīruktha is to be known as gena; utyuktha is feminine with two heavy syllables; mo is woman, ro is deer, madhyā is magau, kanyā is pratiṣṭhā.

भो गौ पङ्क्तिः सुप्रातिष्ठा तनुमध्या तयौ स्मृता । नयाभ्यां बालललिता गायत्रीच्छन्द एव हि ॥ १,२०९.

Bho gau is paṅkti, well established, slender in the middle, remembered as tayau; with nayā and bāla-lalitā, it is indeed the gāyatrī metre.

मसगैर्मदलेखा स्यादुष्णिक्छन्दः स्मृतं बुधैः । भौ गौ चित्रपदा ख्याता विद्युन्माला ममौ गगौ ॥ १,२०९.

Masagai and madalekhā are called uṣṇik metre by the wise; bhau gau is famous as citrapadā, vidyunmālā is mamau gagau.

माणवकं भात्तलगा म्नौ गौ हंसरुतं स्मृतम् । समानिका रजगला जरला गः प्रमाणिका । आभ्यामन्यद्वितानं स्यादनुष्टुप्छन्द ईरितम् ॥ १,२०९.

Māṇavaka is bhāttalaga, mnau gau is remembered as haṃsaruta; samānikā, rajagalā, jaralā, gaḥ is pramāṇikā; with these two, another arrangement is called anuṣṭup metre.

रनसैः स्याद्धलमुखी नौ मः शिशुभृता भवेत् । बृहतीछन्द इत्युक्तं स्मौ जगौ स विराजितम् ॥ १,२०९.

With ranasai, it is halamukhī; nau maḥ is for the child-bearer; this is called bṛhatī metre, smau jagau is its shining form.

पणवं स्यान्मनयगैर्मयूरसारिणी भवेत् । रजाभ्याञ्च रगाभ्याञ्च रुक्मवती भमौ सगौ ॥ १,२०९.

Paṇava is manayagai, mayūrasāriṇī is formed; with rajā and ragā, rukmavatī is bhamau sagau.

मत्ता मभसगैर्युक्ता नरजा गो मनोरमा । पङ्क्तिच्छन्दः समाख्यातं जसता गावुपस्थितम् ॥ १,२०९.

The meter called Paṅkti is described as consisting of lines adorned with pleasing syllables, joined with the sounds 'ma', 'bha', and 'ga', and is delightful to people and cows alike.

तौ जो गाविन्द्रवज्रा स्याज्जतज्गा गुपपूर्विका ॥ १,२०९.

Of these, the one with 'ga', 'vi', and 'indra', and beginning with 'ja', is known as Gupapūrvikā.

उपजातयोऽन्याद्यन्ताः सुमुखी नजजा लगौ । भभभा गौ दोधकं स्याच्छालिनी मतता गगौ ॥ १,२०९.

Other meters, ending with upajāti, are Sumukhī, Najajā, and Lagau; Bhabhabhā and Gau are Dodhaka, while Śālinī is Matatā and Gagau.

अब्धिलोकैश्च विच्छेदो वातोर्ंमो ममता गगौ । श्रीर्भतौ ननगाः प्रोक्ता पञ्चभिः षडूभिरेव च ॥ १,२०९.

The separation of the worlds of water and air is called Mamatā Gagau; Śrībhatau and Nanagā are said to be composed of five or six syllables.

मगना नो गो भ्रमरविलासितमुदाहृतम् । रथोद्धतार्नौ रलगाः स्वागता रनभा गगौ ॥ १,२०९.

Maganā and Go are named for the play of bees; Rathoddhata and Arṇau are Ralagāḥ, and Svāgata and Ranabhā Gagau.

वृत्ता ननौ सगौ गः स्यान्नौ रलौ गः समद्रिका । रजरा ल्गौ श्येनिका स्याज्जसता गौ शिखण्डितम् । त्रिष्टुप्छन्दः समाख्यातं पिङ्गलेन महात्मना ॥ १,२०९.

Vṛttā, Nanau, Sagau, and Gaḥ are said to be equal in measure; Rajarā and Lgau are Śyenikā, Jasatā and Gau are Śikhaṇḍita; the Triṣṭubh meter is thus named by the great Piṅgala.

रनौ भसौ चन्द्रवर्त्म वंशस्थं स्याज्जतौ जरौ । ततो जराविन्द्रवंशा वेदसैस्तोटकं स्मृतम् । न्भौ भ्रौ द्रुतविलम्बितं पुटश्च स्यान्ननौ मयौ ॥ १,२०९.

Ranau, Bhasau, and Candravartma are in the Vaṃśastha meter, with Jatau and Jarau; then Jarā and Indravaṃśā are known as Vedasaistoṭaka; Nbhau and Bhrau are Drutavilambita, and Puṭa is Nanau and Mayau.

वसुवेदैश्च विरतिर्मुदितवदना त्वियम् । ननररैः समाख्याता नयना यस्तथा भवेत् ॥ १,२०९.

Vasuveda brings cessation, and this one with a joyful face is named Nayanā, as declared by Nanararā.

सा तु कुसुमविचित्रा जलोद्धतगती रसैः । जसौ जसौ च पादेषु चतूरैः स्त्रग्विणी मता ॥ १,२०९.

That meter, adorned with various flowers and moving like water, is called Stragviṇī, with four clever jasau in each line.

भुजङ्गप्रयातं वृत्तं चतुभिर्यैः प्रकीर्तितम् । प्रयंवदा नभज्रैश्च मणिमाला तयौ तयौ ॥ १,२०९.

The meter called Bhujaṅgaprayāta is described as having four lines; Maṇimālā is composed with Prayaṃvadā and Nabhajrai, and Tayau, Tayau.

गुहवक्त्रैश्च सन्निद्रा ललिता स्यात्तभौ जरौ । प्रमिताक्षरा सजससैरुज्ज्वला तु ननौ भरौ ॥ १,२०९.

With Guhavaktra, Sannidrā is Lalitā, and Tabhau and Jarau; Ujjvalā, with measured syllables and Sajasasai, is Nanau and Bharau.

ममौ ययौ वैश्वदेवी पञ्चाश्वैश्च यतिर्भवेत् । मभौ समौ जलधरमालाब्ध्यन्त्यैर्यतिभवेत् ॥ १,२०९.

Mamau and Yayau are Vaiśvadevī, and with fifty horses, it is called Yati; Mabhau and Samau, with the Jaladharamālā and Abdhya, are also called Yati.

नौ ततौ गः क्षमावृत्तं तुरगैश्च रसैर्यतिः । प्रहर्षिणी मनौ ज्रौ गा वह्निभिर्दशभिर्यतिः ॥ १,२०९.

Nau, Tatau, and Gaḥ are Kṣamāvṛtta, and with horses and rasa, it is Yati; Praharṣiṇī is Manau, Jrau, and Gaḥ, and with ten fires, it is Yati.

जभौ सजौ गो रुचिरा चतुर्भिश्च ग्रहैर्यतिः । मत्तमयूरं मतयाः सगौ देवग्रहैर्यतिः ॥ १,२०९.

Jabhau, Sajau, and Gaḥ form Rucirā, and with four planets, it is Yati; Mattamayūra, with Matayāḥ and Sagau, is Yati with divine planets.

मञ्जुभाषिणी सज्सा ज्गौ सुनन्दिनी सजसा मगौ । ननौ ततौ चन्द्रिका गः सप्तभिश्च रसैर्यतिः ॥ १,२०९.

Mañjubhāṣiṇī is Sajsā and Jgau; Sunandinī is Sajasā and Magau; Nanau, Tatau, and Candrikā Gaḥ, with seven rasas, is Yati.

असम्बाधा मतनसा गगौ बाणग्रहैर्यतिः । ननराः सो लधुगुरुः स्वरैः प्रोक्तापराजिता ॥ १,२०९.

Asambādhā, with Matanasā and Gagau, is Yati with Bāṇa planets; Nanarāḥ is Laghuguru, and with svaras, is called Aparājitā.

ननौ भनौ प्रहरणकलिकेयं लगौ तथा । वसन्ततिलका सिंहोन्नता तभ्जा जगौ गुरुः ॥ १,२०९.

Nanau, Bhanau, and Praharaṇakalikā are Lagau as well; Vasantatilakā, Siṃhonnatā, and Tabhjā are Jagau Guru.

भजौ सनौ गगाविन्दुवदनाथ सुकेशरम् । नरना रलगाः पादे शर्करी प्रतिपादिता ॥ १,२०९.

Bhajau, Sanau, and Gagāvindu are Vadanātha and Sukeśaram; Naranā, Ralagāḥ, and Pāde, Śarkarī is thus explained.