Garuda Purana — Purva Khanda — Chapter 207

GaP 1 207.1

श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २०७ सूत उवाच । वासुदेवं गुरुं नत्वा गणं शम्भुं सरस्वतीम् । मात्रावर्णप्रभेदेन च्छन्दो वक्ष्ये ऽल्पबुद्धये

śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 207 sūta uvāca / vāsudevaṃ guruṃ natvā gaṇaṃ śambhuṃ sarasvatīm / mātrāvarṇaprabhedena cchando vakṣye 'lpabuddhaye

The Glorious Garuḍa Mahāpurāṇa, 207. Sūta said: Having bowed to Vāsudeva the teacher, to Gaṇa (Gaṇeśa), to Śambhu and to Sarasvatī, I shall declare metre by the distinction of syllabic quantities and syllables, for one of small understanding.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 207.2

सर्वादिमध्यान्तगलौ म्नौ भ्यौ ज्रौ स्तौ त्रिका गणाः । आर्या चतुष्कलाद्यन्तसर्वमध्ये चतुर्गणाः

sarvādimadhyāntagalau mnau bhyau jrau stau trikā gaṇāḥ / āryā catuṣkalādyantasarvamadhye caturgaṇāḥ

The trisyllabic feet (gaṇas) are: with (a heavy) at the beginning, middle, and end and (with) light and heavy — m and n, bh and y, j and r, s and t. The āryā (has) four-mora (feet), and four gaṇas at the beginning, end, and throughout the middle.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 207.3

व्यञ्जनान्तो विसर्गान्तौ दीर्घो युक्तपरो गुरुः । सानुस्वारश्च पादान्तो वा इत्युक्तो द्विमात्रकः

vyañjanānto visargāntau dīrgho yuktaparo guruḥ / sānusvāraśca pādānto vā ityukto dvimātrakaḥ

A syllable ending in a consonant, one ending in visarga, a long one, and one followed by a conjunct are heavy; also one bearing anusvāra, and optionally one standing at the end of a pāda — such is said to be the two-mora (syllable).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

GaP 1 207.4

यदा नापि क्रमं योगे लघुतापि क्वचिद्गुरोः । श्लोकचार्यादिसंज्ञा स्याद्यतिर्विच्छेदसंज्ञिका

yadā nāpi kramaṃ yoge laghutāpi kvacidguroḥ / ślokacāryādisaṃjñā syādyatirvicchedasaṃjñikā

When (there is) no fixed order in the combination, sometimes even a heavy (syllable) has lightness. The designations śloka, ārya and the rest apply; the pause (yati) is termed 'break' (viccheda).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

GaP 1 207.5

ज्ञेयः पादश्च तुर्यांशो युक् समं विषमन्त्वयुक् । सममर्धसमं वृत्तं विषमञ्च तृतीयकम्

jñeyaḥ pādaśca turyāṃśo yuk samaṃ viṣamantvayuk / samamardhasamaṃ vṛttaṃ viṣamañca tṛtīyakam

The pāda is to be known as the fourth part; the paired (pāda) is 'even', the unpaired is 'odd'. A metre (may be) even, half-even, and uneven as the third (kind).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition