पादबद्धोऽक्षरसमस्तन्त्रीलयसमन्वित: ।
शोकार्तस्य प्रवृत्तो मे श्लोको भवतु नान्यथा ।।1.2.18।।
शोकार्तस्य प्रवृत्तो मे श्लोको भवतु नान्यथा ।।1.2.18।।
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मे for me, शोकार्तस्य born out of sorrow (of slain bird), प्रवृत्त: came out without effort, पादबद्ध: consisting of four lines, अक्षरसम: each of equal number of syllables, तन्त्रीलयसमन्वित: with rhythm tuned to the accompaniment of stringed instruments, श्लोक: sloka, भवतु let it take a form, अन्यथा न not otherwise.
मे for me, शोकार्तस्य born out of sorrow (of slain bird), प्रवृत्त: came out without effort, पादबद्ध: consisting of four lines, अक्षरसम: each of equal number of syllables, तन्त्रीलयसमन्वित: with rhythm tuned to the accompaniment of stringed instruments, श्लोक: sloka, भवतु let it take a form, अन्यथा न not otherwise.
"Occasioned by the griefstricken (state of the bird) and composed in rhymed lines each of equal number of syllables tuned to the accompaniment of stringed instruments, let it be known as a sloka and not by any other name".