> Here 'parame' is modifier of 'vyoman', which is an irregular
> locative singular form of the "-an -noun" whose dictionary form
> is, well, 'vyoman', and nominative singular is 'vyomaa', analogous
> to e.g. 'aatmaa'. The normal ending of locative singular is '-i'.
> In 'parame' the final 'e' is the result of sandhi 'parama' + 'i'.
> ('vyoman' might be thought to be the result of sandhi 'vi' + 'oman',
> but we haven't seen that kind of analysis anywhere.)
> Thus, 'parame vyoman(i)' could be translated for instance to
> 'in the highest heaven'.
The metre of "rco akSare" seems to be 'jagatii' (4 times 12
syllables).
Sez A. A. Macdonell (A Vedic Grammar for Students):
6. C. The verse of 12 syllables is probably an
extension of the /triSTubh/ verse by one syllable
which gives the trochaic cadence of the latter an
iambic character. The rhythm of the last five
syllables is therefore long-short-long-short-short/long.
[...]
a. Several examples occur of this type of verse (like the
triSTubh) having one, and occasionally two, syllables too
many or too few; [...]
7. The /jagatii/ stanza, the third in order of frequency in
the RV., consists of four verses of twelve syllables divided
into two hemistichs.
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Now, the first line of "rco akSare" apparently has only ten syllables:
r-co a-kSa-re pa-ra-me vyo-man (unless 'vyoman',in this case, is
actually pronounced as 'vioman', in which case the count of syllables
*might* be eleven...)
The second line seems to have eleven syllables:
ya-smi-nde-vaa a-dhi vi-shve ni-she-duH
The last two lines have the normal 'jagatii' count of syllables,
i.e, twelve:
ya-sta-nna ve-da kim R-caa ka-ri-Sya-ti
ya it ta-dvi-du-sta i-me sa-maa-sa-te.
(That might be a bit messy, or stuff...)
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