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chandasāṁ lakṣaṇaṁ yena śrutamātreṇa budhyate |

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tamahaṁ saṁpravakṣyāmi śrutabodhamavistaram || 1 ||

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saṁyuktādyaṁ dīrghaṁ sānusvāraṁ visargasaṁmiśram |

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vijñeyamakṣaraṁ guru pādāntasthaṁ vikalpena || 2 ||

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P fn: some add the following verse at this point:

ādimadhyāvasāneṣu bhajasā yānti gauravam
yaratā lāghavaṁ yānti manau tu gurulāghavam.

As Śrutabodha dispenses with the description by gaṇas, it seems that this verse is unwanted here, though it provides a fine summary of the gaṇa system.⁰¹ ekamātro bhaveddhrasvo dvimātro dīrgha ucyate |

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trimātrastu pluto jñeyo vyañjanaṁ cārdhamātrakam || 3 ||

 

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yasyāḥ pāde prathame dvādaśa mātrāstathā ttīye 'pi |

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aṣṭādaśa dvitīye caturthake pañcadaśa sāryā || 4 ||

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āryāpūrvārdhasamaṁ dvitīyamapi bhavati yatra yatra bhavati.⁰² haṁsagate |

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chandovidastadānīṁ gītiṁ tāmamtavāṇi bhāṣante || 5 ||

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āryottarārdhatulyaṁ prathamārdhamapi prayuktaṁ cet |

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kāmini tāmupagītiṁ pratibhāṣante prakāśayante.⁰³ mahākavayaḥ || 6 ||