Vrttaratnakaram - 5: Visamavrtta

Pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ [viṣamavtta] In Vuttodaya the metres in this section are omitted, and a description of the Vaktra (Pāḷi: Vatta) metre is included instead. In may be stated here that the Vaktra metre is neither a Mātrāvtta nor a Viṣamavtta, and so is misplaced in both books. ChŚā places it at the beginning of the Vtta section, in the fifth chapter.⁰¹

⏑⏑−−⏑−−− 8 syllables
mukhapādo 'ṣṭabhir-varṇaiḥ |

⏑−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−− 12 syllables
pare syur-makarālayaiḥ S: [pare] 'smān; P fn: 'smāt- .⁰² kramād-vddhaiḥ S: -vddhāḥ; P fn: vddyā ??⁰³ |

⏑⏑−−⏑⏑−−−−−−⏑−−− 16 syllables
satataṁ yasya vicitraiḥ pādaiḥ sampannasaundaryam |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑⏑⏑−−⏑−−− 20 syllables
tad-uditam-amalamatibhiḥ S, V, P fn: tad-abhihitam-amalaghībhiḥ.⁰⁴ padacatur-ūrdhvābhidhaṁ vttam || 182 ||

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−− 8 syllables
prathamam-uditavtte |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−− 12 syllables
viracitaviṣamacaraṇabhāji |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−− 16 syllables
gurukayugalanidhana Dh: gurukayuganidhana; P fn: -yugalaka- ; both are which are incorrect metrically.⁰⁵ iha sahita āṅā |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−− 20 syllables
laghuviracitapadavivtiyatir-iti S: kalita āṇā | vidhtarucirapadavitati; P fn: kalita āṅvidhtarucirapada; Dh -vitatiyatir-iti; V, P fn: -racana[yatir-iti].⁰⁶ bhavati pīḍaḥ || 183 || This is only a variation on Padacaturūrdhva. Here the last 2 syllables at the end of each line are heavy, the rest are light. The other metres in this section are variations on this theme.

ChŚā lists 2 metres called Pratyāpīḍa, that have a different structure - the first of these has 2 heavy syllables at the beginning of the line, with the rest being light; the second has 2 heavy syllables at the beginning and at the end of the line, the rest again being light.⁰⁷

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−− 12 syllables
prathamam-itaracaraṇasamutthaṁ P fn: [prathamam]-apara- .⁰⁹ |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−− 8 syllables
śrayati sa yadi Dh: sapadi; S, P fn: jagati.¹⁰ lakṣma |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−− 16 syllables
itaraditaragaditam-api S: itaraditarajanitam-; ¹¹ yadi ca turyaṁ Dh: ca yadi turyaṁ; P fn: -janitam-apibhavati śeṣam.¹² |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−− 20 syllables
caraṇayugalakamaviktam-aparam-iti kalikā sā || 184 ||

[Lavalī] The structure of Lavalī in ChŚā is described differently as being 16, 12, 8, & 20 syllables.¹³

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−− 12 syllables
dviguruyutasakalacaraṇāntā |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−− 16 syllables
sukhacaraṇagatam-anubhavati ca ttīyam Dh: -anubhavati ttīyaḥ (incorrect metrically); P fn: [caraṇa]-racitam-anubhavati ttīyaḥ.¹⁴ |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−− 8 syllables
caraṇam-iha Dh: aparam-iha; V, P fn: apara [iha]; S, P fn: caraṇa [iha].¹⁵ hi S: ca.¹⁶ lakṣma |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−− 20 syllables
praktam-akhilam-api yadidam-anubhavati S, P fn: [praktam]-aparam-akhilam-apiyadibhavati.¹⁷ lavalī sā || 185 ||

[Amtadhārā] The structure of Amtadharā in ChŚā is described differently as being 20, 12, 16, & 8 syllables.¹⁸

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−− 12 syllables
prathamam-adhivasati yadi turyaṁ |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−− 16 syllables
caram-acaraṇapadam-avasitaguruyugmam S, V: -avasiti- ; S: yugmā.¹⁹ |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−− 20 syllables
akhilam-aparam-uparigatam-iti Dh: nikhilam-.²⁰ lalitapadayuktā |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−− 8 syllables
tadiyam-amtadhārā Dh: tad-idam-; S: nikhilam-aparam-uparitanasamam-iha lalitapādā tritayam-amtadhārā.

P fn: nikhilam-aparam-uparitanasamam-iha lalitapādāntritayam-amtadhārā.²¹ || 186 ||

⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−⏑
sajamādime salaghukau ca |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−
nasajagurukair-athodgatā S: -gurukeṣv-; P fn: -gurukeṣu- .²³ |

−⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑−
tryaṅghrigatabhanajalā Dh: tryaṅghrigatatamanajalā; P fn: aṅghri- [i.e. without try-].²⁴ gayutāḥ |

⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−
sajasā jagau caraṇam-ekataḥ Dh: caraṇemakataḥ (incorrect metrically); S: caram; which is probably a printer's error.²⁵ paṭhat || 187 ||

[Saurabhaka] This and the next metre are variants of Udgatā, differing only in their 3rd line.²⁶

⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−
caraṇatrayaṁ vrajati S, Dh, P fn: bhajati.²⁷ lakṣma |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−
yadi sakalam-udgatāgatam S: nikhilam- .²⁸ |

−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑−
rnau bhagau bhavati saurabhakaṁ |

⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−
caraṇe yadīha bhavatas-ttīyake || 188 ||

⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−−
nayugaṁ sakārayugalaṁ ca S: yugalañ-ca. ²⁹ |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−
bhavati caraṇe ttīyake S, P fn: bhajati caraṇaṁ ttīyakam; Dh omits this line and the next by mistake, printer's error.³⁰ |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑−
tad-uditam-urumatibhir-lalitaṁ |

⏑⏑−⏑−⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−
yadi śeṣam-asya khalu pūrvatulyakam || 189 ||

−−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−⏑⏑−−
msau jbhau gau prathamāṅghrir-ekataḥ pthag-anyan V, Dh: -anyat-³² - |

⏑⏑−⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
tritayaṁ sanajaragās-tato S, Dh, P fn: -tathā.³³ nanau saḥ |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−
trinaparikalitajayau |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑−−
pracupitam-idam-uditam-upasthitapūrvam || 190 ||

[Vardhamāna] This and the next metre are variants of Upasthitapracupita, differing only in their 3rd line.³⁴

−−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−⏑⏑−−
nau pāde 'tha ttīyake sanau nasayuktau P fn: na sayuktau ca.³⁵ |

⏑⏑−⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
prathamāṅghriktayatis-tu vardhamānam S, P fn: -yatipravardhamānam.³⁶ |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−
tritayam-aparam-api pūrvasadśam-iha bhavati |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑−−
pratatamatibhir-iti P fn: -iha.³⁷ gaditaṁ laghu S, P fn: khalu.³⁸ vttam || 191 ||

[Śuddhavirāḍārṣabha] ChŚā has a slighty different name for this metre: Śuddhavirāḍṣabhaṁ.³⁹

−−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−⏑⏑−−
asmin-neva ttīyake yadā S, P fn: [ttīya]-pādake; Dh omits yadā.⁴⁰ tajarāḥ syuḥ |

⏑⏑−⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−−
prathame ca viratirārṣabhaṁ bruvanti |

−−⏑⏑−⏑−⏑−
tac-chuddhavirāṭ puraḥ sthitaṁ |

⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑⏑−⏑⏑−−
tritayam-aparam-api P fn: tritayam-api.⁴¹ yadi S excludes yadi.⁴² pūrvasamaṁ syāt || 192 ||

⏑⏑−⏑⏑−−−
viṣamākṣarapādaṁ vā

−−⏑⏑−⏑⏑−⏑−
pādair-asamaṁ daśadharmavat S: viṣamākṣarapādatvātpādairasamañjasaṁ dharmavat.⁴⁴ |

−−−−⏑−−
yac-chando S: yac-chandasi.⁴⁵ noktam-atra

−−⏑−−⏑−−−
gātheti tat-sūribhiḥ proktam || 193 || ChŚā says simply: atrānuktaṁ gāthā.⁴⁶

iti vttaratnārākhye chandasi viṣamavttakathanaṁ nāma
pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ P omits; Dh: iti śrī kedārabhaṭṭaviracite vttaratnākare pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ.⁴⁷