gÄyatry uṣṇig anuá¹£á¹up ca
bṛhatī paṅktir eva ca
triá¹£á¹ub jagaty aticchando
hy atyaá¹£á¹y-atijagad-virÄá¹
gÄyatrÄ« uṣṇik anuá¹£á¹up ca - known as GÄyatrÄ«, Uṣṇik and Anuá¹£á¹up; bá¹›hatÄ« paá¹…ktiḥ - Bá¹›hatÄ« and Paá¹…kti; eva ca - also; triá¹£á¹up jagatÄ« aticchandaḥ - Triá¹£á¹up, JagatÄ« and Aticchanda; hi - indeed; atyaá¹£á¹i-atijagat-virÄá¹ - Atyaá¹£á¹i, AtijagatÄ« and AtivirÄá¹.
The Vedic meters are GÄyatrÄ«, Uṣṇik, Anuá¹£á¹up, Bá¹›hatÄ«, Paá¹…kti, Triá¹£á¹up, JagatÄ«, Aticchanda, Atyaá¹£á¹i, AtijagatÄ« and AtivirÄá¹.
The GÄyatrÄ« meter has twenty-four syllables, the Uṣṇik twenty-eight, the Anuá¹£á¹up thirty-two, and so on, each meter having four more syllables than the previous one. Vedic sound is called bá¹›hatÄ«, or most expansive, and thus it is not possible for ordinary living entities to understand all the technical details in this matter.
