Svāgatā
Pattern
Description
Svāgatā is a fixed-syllable meter of the triṣṭup class, with eleven syllables per line, or forty-four in total.
Definitions
Piṅgala, Chandaḥsūtram 6.24:
svāgatā rnau bhgau g
Nāṭyaśāstram 15.49:
ādyaṁ tr̥tīyam antyaṁ ca saptamaṁ daśamaṁ guru
yasyās tu traiṣṭubhē pādē vijñēyā svāgatā hi sā
Ratnamañjūṣā 5.30:
svāgatā tilē
Jānāśrayī 4.43:
svāgatā śmau
Jayadeva, Chandaḥśāstram 6.24:
svāgatā ranabhagair gurukāntā
Ratnākaraśānti, Chandōratnākaraḥ 2.24:
svāgatā ranabhagair guruṇā ca
Jayakīrti, Chandōnuśāsanam 2.98:
svāgatā yadi ranau bhagurū gaḥ
Kedārabhaṭṭa, Vr̥ttaratnākaraḥ 3.39:
svāgatēti ranabhād guruyugmam
Hemacandra, Chandōnuśāsanam 2.142:
rnabhā gau svāgatā
Examples
Kirātārjunīyam 18.25
This example was recited by H. V. Nagaraja Rao and recorded by Gil Ben-Herut in 2006. Note that H.V.N.R. introduces the verse as an aupacchandasikam, following Mallinātha’s identification of the metrical form of this verse. But the meter is actually svāgatā.
That holy place which can be reached
right here, without going to a great distance,
which confers the desired results on one
after he goes to the next world,
which is outside of the ocean of rebirth,
which answers to every desire —
that is none other than you.
Kirātārjunīyam 9.26
This example was recited by H.V. Nagaraja Rao and recorded by Nathan Levine in Toronto in 2018. The recordings were uploaded to archive.org by Anusha Rao. The translation is mine.
The moon rose very slowly and traversed
the sky, all the while receiving
the glances of angry women, stained
with hot tears, as if it were afraid.