Shloka 35
Nāmāṣṭottara-dviśata: Gaṇa–Chandas–Yati Catalogue and Mnemonic Coding
वृत्तं रजौ रजौ पादे रजौ गो लः कृतिर्भवेत् / त्रिसप्तकैः स्नग्धरा स्यात्प्रकृतिर्म्नभनैस्त्रियैः
vṛttaṃ rajau rajau pāde rajau go laḥ kṛtirbhavet / trisaptakaiḥ snagdharā syātprakṛtirmnabhanaistriyaiḥ
এই ছন্দবিধানে প্রত্যেক পাদে ‘র-জ-উ, র-জ-উ’ এবং পুনরায় ‘র-জ-উ’-এর পরে ‘গো’ ও ‘ল’ থাকিলে ছন্দের নাম ‘কৃতি’। তিনটি সপ্তক (সাত অক্ষরের তিন গুচ্ছ) হলে ‘স্নগ্ধরা’ হয়; আর তার প্রকৃতি ‘ম-ন-ভ-ন’ ক্রমটি তিনবার।
Sūta/Teacher-narrator (prosody instruction within Garuḍa Purāṇa’s Ācāra material; framed in the Garuḍa–Viṣṇu dialogue tradition)
Concept: Chandas-śāstra as disciplined knowledge: precise gaṇa-patterns define metre and its prakṛti (underlying template).
Vedantic Theme: Vidya as niyama (ordered knowledge) supporting śāstra-pramāṇa and clarity of speech (vāk-śuddhi).
Application: Use the gaṇa mnemonics to scan/compose verses correctly; treat prakṛti as the base pattern for identifying variants.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.209 (Chandas/gaṇa-nirūpaṇa context): surrounding verses listing metres by gaṇa codes; Pingala Chandaḥśāstra: gaṇa system (ma-ya-ra-sa-ta-ja-bha-na) and metre-identification by gaṇa strings
FAQs
This verse shows that the text preserves precise vṛtta-lakṣaṇa (metre markers), helping reciters maintain correct rhythm and aiding scribes/archivists in verifying verse integrity through metrical structure.
It gives diagnostic gaṇa sequences per pāda—when the specified ‘ra-ja-u … go … la’ pattern appears, the metre is labeled Kṛti; and when the structure is ‘three sevens’ with a base pattern repeated thrice, it is identified as Snagdharā.
Use these gaṇa and syllable-count cues to check chanting accuracy, to tag verses by metre in a digital archive, and to improve search/filtering (e.g., “Snagdharā metre verses”) for students and practitioners.