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त्र्यवरैकादशपरा विदार्यः परिकीर्तिताः । चतुर्विंशतिरेतासां प्रणामं परमं स्मृतम् ॥ १८६॥

Vidārīs in a song are said to be three in the minimum and eleven in the maximum, [but] their highest number may [in rare cases] be twenty-four.

english translation

अध्यर्द्वाद्धि तृतीयाच्च सन्निपाताः प्रमाणतः । उल्लोप्यके विदारी तु स्मृता वैहायसे तथा ॥ १८७॥

But in case of the Ullopyaka and the Vaihāyasa [the number of] Vidārīs will be half as much more in the third Sannipāta.

english translation

विवधेन तु तत्कार्यो युग्मवृत्तेन चैव हि । न ह्यर्धसन्निपाते तु भवेदङ्गसमापनम् ॥ १८८॥

They are to be performed there with the Vivadha or the twofold Vṛtta, and the Aṅga will not come to a close in a half of the Sannipāta.

english translation

गीतानि ससमद्रोकोल्लोप्यके च परान्तकम् । प्रकर्यो वैणकं चैव रोविन्दकमथोत्तरम् ॥ १८९॥

The songs are to be performed with complete Vidārīs, and also in the Ullopyaka and at the end; similarly, the Prakarī, Vaiṇaka, and the Rovindaka as well as the Uttara are to be observed.

english translation

द्विविधं मद्रकं तत्र चतुर्वस्तु त्रिवस्तु च । शीर्षकेण समायुक्तं तच्च ज्ञेयं त्रिवस्तुकम् ॥ १९०॥

There are two kinds of Madraka there, and it contains four Vastus and three Vastus; combined with the Śīrṣaka, it is to be understood as the three-Vastu section.

english translation