स्वरात्स्वरस्य संक्रामंस्वरसंधिमनुल्बणम्
The transition from one note to another should be smooth at the junction of notes.
अनागतमतिक्रान्तं विच्छिन्नं विषमाहतम्
A note that is not yet sounded, that is passed over, that is broken, or that is struck unevenly—
स्वरः स्थानाच्च्युतो यस्तु स्वं स्थानमतिवर्तते
A note that departs from its place or exceeds its own position—
अभ्यासार्थे द्रुतां वृत्तिं प्रयोगार्थे तु मध्यमाम्
For practice, a fast style; for performance, a moderate one.
गृहीतग्रन्थ एवं तु ग्रन्थोञ्चारणशैक्षकान्
Thus, the text that is learned should be recited by those who are students of recitation.
क्रुष्टस्य मूर्द्धनि स्थानं ललाटे प्रथमस्य तु
The place of the high note is on the crown of the head; for the first note, it is on the forehead.
कण्ठस्थानं चतुर्थस्य मन्द्रस्य रसनोच्यते
The place of the fourth note in the lower register is said to be the tongue.
अङ्गुष्टस्योत्तमे व्रुष्टो ह्यङ्गुष्टं प्रथमः स्वरः
When the thumb is at its highest, the thumb produces the first note.
अनामिकायां षङ्गस्तु कनिष्टायां तु धैवतः
The sixth note is on the ring finger, and the seventh, Dhaivata, is on the little finger.
अपर्वत्वादमध्यत्वा दव्ययत्वाञ्च नित्यशः
Absence of intervals, being in the middle, and being always variable are constant.
क्रुष्टेन देवा जीवन्ति प्रथमेन तु मानुषाः
The gods live by the highest note, while humans by the first note.
अन्धजाः पितरश्चैव चतुर्थस्वरजीविनः
The blind-born and the ancestors live by the fourth note.
अतिस्वरेण नीचेन जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमाः
With an excessively low note, all stationary and moving beings exist.
दीप्तायताकरुणानां मृदुमध्यमयोस्तथा
Of those that are bright, extended, and compassionate, so too are the soft and medium ones.
दीप्ता मन्द्रे द्वितीय च प्रचतुर्थे तथैव च
Brightness is in the lower register, the second, and likewise in the fourth.
श्रुतयो या द्वितीयस्य मृदुमध्यायताः स्मृताः
The intervals of the second note are remembered as soft, medium, and extended.
आयतात्वं भवेन्नीचे मृदुता तु विपर्यये
Extension occurs in the low note, while softness is in the opposite.
द्वितीये विरता या तु क्रुष्टश्च परतो भवेत्
Those that are restrained in the second, and the highest follows thereafter.
अत्रैव विरता या तु चतुर्थेन प्रवर्तते
Here, those that are restrained proceed with the fourth note.
नातितारश्रुतिं कुर्यात्स्वरयोर्नापि चान्तरे
One should not produce an excessively high interval, nor between the notes.
द्विविधा गतिः पदान्तस्थितसंधिः सहोष्मभिः
The movement is twofold: the junction at the end of a word, together with aspiration.
स्वरान्तराविरतानि ह्रस्वदीर्घघुटानि च
The restrained intervals between notes are short, long, and abrupt.
दीप्तामुदात्ते जानीयाद्दीप्तां च स्वरिते विदुः
One should know brightness in the raised tone, and brightness also in the svarita, as the wise do.
उदात्तश्चानुदात्तश्च स्वरितप्रचिते तथा
There are raised, unraised, and those accumulated with svarita.
अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि आचिकस्य स्वरत्रयम्
Now I shall explain the three tones of accent in recitation.
य एवोदात्त इत्युक्तः स एव स्वरितात्परः
That which is called udātta is immediately followed by svarita.
वर्णस्वरो ऽतीतस्वरः स्वरितो द्विविधः स्मृतः
A syllable's accent, when it has passed beyond, is called svarita, and this is said to be of two kinds.
स तु सप्तविधो ज्ञेयः स्वरः प्रत्ययदर्शनात्
This svara should be understood as sevenfold, according to the indication of the context.
सप्तस्वरान्प्रयुञ्जीत दक्षिणं श्रवणं प्रति
One should apply the seven tones with respect to the right ear's hearing.
उच्चादुञ्चतरं नास्ति नीचान्नीचतरं तथा
There is nothing higher than the high, nor lower than the low.