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sembly to the foe of MacVhu : for the mind of the proud is 

 envious of the prosperity of others." 



Other kinds of metre, in which every verse of the 

 stanza differs in the number and quantity of syllables, 

 are comprehended under the general name of Gdi^hd ; 

 under which also some writers on prosody* include any 

 sort of metre not described by Pingala, or not distin- 

 guished by a specific appellation. The same denomi- 

 nation is applicable also to stanzas consisting of any 

 number of verses other than four \. An instance of 

 a stanza of six verses has been remarked in the Mahcih- 

 hdrata ; and another example occurs at the beginning of 

 Ma'gha's poem:}:. 



[See Plate D. Fig. 3.] 



Dwidhi critatma, cim ayam divacar6 ? 

 Vid'huina rochili, cim ayam hutas'anah ? 

 Gatan tiraschinam anuru sarat'heh. 

 Prasidd'hain urddhajwalanam havirbhujah. 

 Patatyad'ho dhama-visari sarvatah. 

 Cim etad ? ityaculam icshitam janaili. 



Na'reda desccndmg from the heavens to visit Cbishna, 

 is this described: 



*• Is this the sun self parted into two orbs ? It is fire shining 

 with light divested of smoke. The motion of the luminary, 

 whose charioteer has no legs, is distinguished by its curvature. 

 The assent of flame is a known property of fire. Then what 

 is this, which descends diffusing light around.^" Thus was 

 the sight contemplated with wonder by the people.' Mdg^ha 

 1. 2. 



• Hela'yud'ha and Na'ra'yan'a Tara'. 



t Diva' CAR A on the Vritta Retnaoara. 



% It is cited by Diva'cara bhatta as an instance of a stanza of 

 aix. Yet tlie scholiasts of tlie poem omit the two first vers«;s, and 

 read the stanza as a tetrastich : one commentator, however, does 

 icinark, that copies of the poem exhibit the additional verses ; and 

 another commentator has joined them with two more verses in a s<.» 

 pjirate stanza. 



