Devanagari
गायत्र्युष्णिगनुष्टुप् च बृहती पङ्क्तिरेव च ।
त्रिष्टुब्जगत्यतिच्छन्दो ह्यत्यष्ट्यतिजगद् विराट् ॥ ४१ ॥
Verse text
gāyatry uṣṇig anuṣṭup ca
bṛhatī paṅktir eva ca
triṣṭub jagaty aticchando
hy atyaṣṭy-atijagad-virāṭ
Synonyms
gāyatrī uṣṇik anuṣṭup ca
—
known as Gāyatrī, Uṣṇik and Anuṣṭup
;
bṛhatī paṅktiḥ
—
Bṛhatī and Paṅkti
;
eva ca
—
also
;
triṣṭup jagatī aticchandaḥ
—
Triṣṭup, Jagatī and Aticchanda
;
hi
—
indeed
;
atyaṣṭi
—
atijagat — virāṭ — Atyaṣṭi, Atijagatī and Ativirāṭ .
Translation
The Vedic meters are Gāyatrī, Uṣṇik, Anuṣṭup, Bṛhatī, Paṅkti, Triṣṭup, Jagatī, Aticchanda, Atyaṣṭi, Atijagatī and Ativirāṭ.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The Vedic meters are Gāyatrī, Uṣṇik, Anuṣṭup, Bṛhatī, Paṅkti, Triṣṭup, Jagatī, and other meters with many syllables such as Atyaṣṭi, Atijagatī and Virāṭ.
Some of the meters in the Vedas are listed. Gāyatrī has twenty-four syllables. By increasing four syllables consecutively uṣnik and the rest to jagatī are formed. The verse is connected with the previous verse to show the meters. [Note: Gayatrī has 24 syllables. Uṣnik has 28 syllables. Anuṣṭubh has 32 syllables. Bṛhatī has 36 syllables. Paṅkti has 40 syllables. Triṣṭup has 44 syllables. Jagatī has 48 syllables. Atijagatī has 52 syllables. Virāṭ has 56 syllables. Atyāsṭi has 68 syllables.. ] The last line indicates meters with many syllables.
Purport
The Gāyatrī meter has twenty-four syllables, the Uṣṇik twenty-eight, the Anuṣṭup thirty-two, and so on, each meter having four more syllables than the previous one. Vedic sound is called
bṛhatī,
or most expansive, and thus it is not possible for ordinary living entities to understand all the technical details in this matter.