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पञ्चषट्सप्त तानि स्युः शीर्षकं च परान्तके । प्रकर्यामथ चत्वारि स्युस्त्रीण्यर्धाधिकानि च ॥ १९१॥
Those [songs] number five, six, or seven, and there is a Śīrṣaka at the end. In the Prakarī, there are four [Vastus] and three and a half [Vastus] as well.
english translation
रोविन्दकं तु सप्ताङ्गे षोडशाङ्गं परं स्मृतम् । द्वौ पादौ समवर्णौ तु एकको वात्र कीर्तितौ ॥ १९२॥
The Rovindaka consists of seven limbs [in the minimum] and sixteen limbs in the maximum, and Ekakas in them should consist of two [consecutive] pādas consisting of equal Varṇas.
english translation
प्रवृत्तं विवधं वापि तस्मात्पादौ प्रयोजयेत् । सप्ताङ्गं द्वादशाङ्गं वा प्राक्षमोवेणकं बुधैः ॥ १९३॥
The Pravṛtta and Vivadha should be applied to the Pādas. The Oveṇaka is to be arranged by the experts either with seven limbs or with twelve limbs.
english translation
तत्र द्व्यन्तं तु सप्ताङ्गं त्र्यन्तं द्वादशकं तथा । पादः सन्धिर्माषघातोषजं(सज्जं) सम्पिष्टकं तथा ॥ १९४॥
In that, the seven-limbed Oveṇaka ends in two Pādas, and the twelve-limbed one in three. The limbs are Pāda, Sandhi, Māṣaghāta, Saṃpiṣṭaka, properly arranged.
english translation
एककं चतुरस्रं वाप्युपवर्तनमेव च । उत(उप)पातः प्रवेणी च द्व्यङ्गं संहरणं तथा ॥ १९५॥
And there is the Ekaka, Caturasra, and also Upavartana. Upapāta and Praveṇī are two-limbed, and Saṃharaṇa is likewise.
english translation