यथाक्षरस्य कर्तव्यं मद्रकस्य तु शीर्षकम् । चतुष्कलः पञ्चपाणिर्द्विकले द्विकल्ः स्मृतः ॥ २३३॥
The Śīrṣaka of the Madraka should be composed in the literal (Yathākṣara) manner. In the Madraka of four Kalas, the Pañcapāṇi is of four Kalas, while in that of two Kalas, it is of two Kalas.
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