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अथ चतस्रः सँहिताः॥२४.१॥

Now for the four texts.

अथ चतस्रः सँहिताः॥२४.१॥

पदसँहिताक्षरसँहिता वर्णसँहिताङ्गसँहिता चेति॥२४.२॥

Word-text, syllable-text, letter-text, and member-text, namely.

पदसँहिताक्षरसँहिता वर्णसँहिताङ्गसँहिता चेति॥२४.२॥

नानापदसंधानसंयोगः पदसँहितेत्यभिधीयते॥२४.३॥

Conjuction of independent words by euphonic combination is called word-text.

नानापदसंधानसंयोगः पदसँहितेत्यभिधीयते॥२४.३॥

यथास्वमक्षरसँहितादीनामप्येवम्॥२४.४॥

And in like manner with the syllable-text and the rest, in accordance with their several names.

यथास्वमक्षरसँहितादीनामप्येवम्॥२४.४॥

एतत्सर्वं तु विज्ञेयं छन्दोभाषामधीयता॥२४.५॥

Heaviness, lightness, evenness; short, long, and protracted quantity; elision, increment, and euphonic alteration; natural state, vikrama, krama; circumflex, acute, and grave quality; breath, tone, and adjunction — all this must be understod by him who reads the Veda language.

एतत्सर्वं तु विज्ञेयं छन्दोभाषामधीयता॥२४.५॥

स्वरमात्राविभागज्ञो गछेदाचार्यसँसदं गछेदाचार्यसँसदमिति॥२४.६॥

He who understands the distinctions of the pada-krama, who is versed in the varṇa-krama, and knows the divisions of accent and quantity, may go and sit with the teachers.

स्वरमात्राविभागज्ञो गछेदाचार्यसँसदं गछेदाचार्यसँसदमिति॥२४.६॥