The Ādi Granth, or the Holy Scriptures of the Sikhs (1877) · 44

guri miliai | hari mani vasai subhai || mera prabhu bhara | kimati nahi pai [| 16 + 16.

^rqf7 T^^T^ no 7J \jidi«^id II ^TT ■4;? Tsvt^ "sry+Jcsoid ii =1

sabdi salahai | antu na paraTavu || mera prabhu bakhse | bakhsanahai-u |1 16 + 16 K.

But there are also many Caupadas in the Granth consisting only of one distich and a half or even of one distich with one or two Rahaus added. In this case all the three verses of the tetrastich must have the same rhyme. JE.ff. Eag Gauri, Mah. Y., I. (Transl. p. 246):

^!7J fJrfq 7?T75 TTS irrr l^TFt II f^ VTS^ Uf^ Tm TUT^ II 7Tr# II

kina bidhi kusala | hotu mera bhai 1| kyu paiai | hari rama sahal jl 16 + 16 K.

TTW t; fajfri 3ra^ mb ^nfsnn w "ft ^^^ ^T3 ^rfwT ii

kusala na grihi | meri sabha maia |1 uce mandara | sundara chaia H 16 + 16 K.

jhuthe lalaci i janamu gaTaifi ji 16 K. Example of a tetrastich consisting only of one distich, Eag Gauri, Mah. T., XXIX. (Transl. p. 261):

^ V3Tfe# TTH^ nfVTJT II ^ 3f% ^3S f3^ f?T# ^^?B3T II <1

JO paraio | soi apana || Jo taji chodana | tisu syu manu racana |] 16 + 16 K.

The Panjpada oecura but rarely in the Granth. It consists commonly of five distichs, each of which has its own rhyme; one or two Rahaus may be added to them. Occasionally the stanza contains also six distichs with one or two Eahaus in addition. There is a great variety of the Panjpada, as nearly every distich differs from the other in the number of the matras; the distichs

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are scanned by 15 + 15, 16 + 16, 17 + 17, or even 20 + 20 Kalas, tHere being a caesura in every verse after the seventh, eighth, ninth or tenth mora.

As examples may serve, Eag Asa, Mah. I., XXIII., a Panjpada consisting of six distichs with a Eahau after the first distich (Transl. p. 503):

Htr sTz^ ^iTT TT^ srra II ^TT 3*r ^ttti fj^m ^^rra ii <i

m5hu kutumbu | mohu sabha kfira |! mohu tuma tajaliu | sagala vekara || 15 + 15 =.30 K.

»hl Wi 5?JJ TtTTT 3*r ■jftH II TTH TiPJ f^ 3% ^ft3 II HUT^ II

mohu aru bharamu | tajahu tuma bira |] sacu namu ridai ] ravai sarira || 16 + 16 ^ 32 K.

3[ra Ttftfim ^ mr 3V wnrfrj ii T^ifu ^t?rr wrfs "UTlrr ii q

gura dikhia le | japu tapu kamahi || namuhu tutai | na thai pahi ji 16 + 16 = 32 K. Panjpada of Kabir, Eag Gauri, XV. (Transl. p. 462):

f^ ym g'fe UMPd 3fs:€-?ft7rr ii w^ ^^^^ n# 3V srr Tftei ii -^

jyu jala chodi bahari | bhaio mina |] puraba janama hau | tapa kfi hina j] 17 + 17 = 34 K. Panjpada of Kablr, Eag Gauri, L. (Transl. p. 474):

v^^ fcs w(f3 % Trnrat Trrerr ii wm ^? 3 wrs^ ^Ftf ^nn^r ii <i

pC'vakarai dina curi hai | sahurarai jana || andha loku na janal | murakha eana || 20 + 20:= 40 K.

The Astpadi, ■which is very extensively employed in the Granth, is a stanza consisting usually of eight, and occasionally of more distichs, the two verses of each distich rhyming together at the end. There are also AstpadTs, the strophes of which consist of two distichs or of three verses severally, in which latter case all the three verses must have the same end-rhyme. The single verses are scanned by 26 or 24 moras, with a caesura after the thirteenth mora, so that a distich contains either 50 or 48 Kalas. To every Astpadi one or two Eahaus may be added, which are never counted.

£.g. Astpadi, consisting of distichs, Sirl Eag, Mah. III., II. (Transl. p. 90):

hau mai karma kamavade | jama daodu lagai tina ai [j 13 + 13 =; 26 K. frT Tft 373 ^fe ^ #Era I Tift ^rt t?5^ 5rrfs II 1

ji satl guru sevani se ubare | hari set! Uva lai i| 13 + 11 = 24 K.

. ^ft ifHfEI srat fefvpHT f3?7r 3THHf5 7>TfH WnfH II HTJTf II